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Cotton against cancer

20.08.2007

Chinese doctors, after analyzing a data bank on the health of tens of thousands of workers in Shanghai cotton gins and weaving factories, came to the conclusion that cotton dust in the air protects against lung cancer.

Women who are exposed to high concentrations of cotton dust in the workplace are 40% less likely to develop cancer than those who do not breathe such dust. On average, out of 100 textile workers, lung cancer is found in 7 to 8 people, and among the entire population of Shanghai - in 19. The reasons for this phenomenon are unclear.

However, Canadian specialist George Astrakianakis, who got acquainted with the results of the study, believes that certain substances contained in bacteria that develop on cotton fiber can play a protective role.

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