MercyL
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I just got an email from my husband. He works for a local museum and send me all sorts of interesting, creepy tid bits.
According to Nature Journal of Science, whales have some impressive ear wax.
Since they don't clean their ears wax collects, holding environmental data much like tree rings, yielding information on substances, harmful and otherwise, whales are exposed to during their lifetimes.
This begs the question, in my twisted little mind," should humans really keep cleaning out their own ear wax?"
After all, doctors have real problems diagnosing illnesses that might stem from chemical exposures currently assumed "safe" because they are not carcinogenic. Might triggers for things like fibromyalgia be found in human ear wax when otherwise healthy individuals develop chronic, debilitating conditions?
According to Nature Journal of Science, whales have some impressive ear wax.
Since they don't clean their ears wax collects, holding environmental data much like tree rings, yielding information on substances, harmful and otherwise, whales are exposed to during their lifetimes.
This begs the question, in my twisted little mind," should humans really keep cleaning out their own ear wax?"
After all, doctors have real problems diagnosing illnesses that might stem from chemical exposures currently assumed "safe" because they are not carcinogenic. Might triggers for things like fibromyalgia be found in human ear wax when otherwise healthy individuals develop chronic, debilitating conditions?
