Let �Em Rip: Study Finds Passengers Passing Gas Mid-Flight Healthy
CHARLOTTE (CBS Charlotte) � Hopefully the TSA will now allow passengers to bring gas masks on board flights.
A new study finds that breaking wind while one is flying is healthy and recommended.
AFP reports that Danish gastroenterologist Jacob Rosenberg got the idea for the study after dealing with flatulence from several passengers during a flight from Copenhagen to Tokyo.
�(Holding back) holds significant drawbacks for the individual, such as discomfort and even pain, bloating, dyspepsia (indigestion), pyrosis (heartburn) just to name but a few resulting abdominal symptoms,� the study stated.
Despite giving the all-clear for passengers to �just let it go,� researchers warned that pilots shouldn�t let one rip while in the cockpit.
�On the one hand, if the pilot restrains a fart, all the drawbacks previously mentioned, including impaired concentration, may affect his abilities to control the plane,� researchers said in the study, according to AFP. �On the other hand, if he lets go of the fart, his co-pilot may be affected by its odor, which again reduces safety onboard the flight.�
The study suggests that to deal with the smell of a passenger passing gas mid-flight, airlines should use charcoal to deal with the air up there.
�We humbly propose that active charcoal should be embedded in the seat cushion, since this material is able to neutralize the odor,� researchers stated.
The study also found that the average person passes gas up to 10 times a day and that a woman�s fart smells worse than a man�s.
The study was published in the New Zealand Medical Journal last Friday.
I just wonder if he was able to get federal funding for this study...
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Healthiest thing I can imagine, individually, collectively, and environmentally, is to bottle them up and send to Al Gore.
I'm thinking iron lung him and pipe strait to his nostrils. Lay the tubes in the groove ready made from his years with a coke tooter in there. Should be a perfect fit.
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I hope Doc sees this and doesn't gas his flight instructor.
�On the one hand, if the pilot restrains a fart, all the drawbacks previously mentioned, including impaired concentration, may affect his abilities to control the plane,� researchers said in the study, according to AFP. �On the other hand, if he lets go of the fart, his co-pilot may be affected by its odor, which again reduces safety onboard the flight.�
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard
Far ago and long away, when I was in flight school, we learned this in the altitude chamber. The more air they pump out of the chamber - mimicking higher altitude - the more uncomfortable your gut became because of the pressure difference. At some point, there's no way you can hold it in. And with 20 guys in there, it darn near turns the air green. Fortunately, you are all wearing oxygen masks...
When I was instructing in the T-37, which is an unpressurized jet, passing a lot of gas on every mission was as normal as breathing. At 18,000 feet, half of the atmosphere is below you, so if you didn't release gas, you'd literally look pregnant.
My fiance swears that there is something wrong with me. If the average person farts 10 times a day, than I am finally above average in something! I bet I fart 10 times before lunch on most days!
I'd rather have a bad day hunting than a good day working!
I had altitude chamber training maybe 4-5 times in my AF career, they always emphasized to us to "just let 'er rip" . This is like 35-40 years ago so the news item isn't really news, athough the people who did the study probably made a good chunk of change from some grant or other.
"The study also found that the average person passes gas up to 10 times a day and that a woman�s fart smells worse than a man�s."
Every married man already knew this, and of course, somehow its our fault
my wife has actually gotten the mini dachshund to not only come boiling from off and under the covers but she left the room.....i have yet to succeed in doing that, i hang my head in shame.....
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DANG it.. I'm bummed it's related to flying only.. I was going to send this link over to the wife's email at work.. She keeps yowling about the smell of farts in the bedroom when she retires an hour+ after I do..
Now she keeps a can of GLADE nearby... (seriously)..
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�We humbly propose that active charcoal should be embedded in the seat cushion, since this material is able to neutralize the odor,� researchers stated.
If this is true, then why can I still make my eyes water while wearing my Scent Blocker suit in the bow stand?
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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