Big Booger
August 12th, 2005, 13:35 PM
Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung.
Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax -- that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music."
:source: Source: Wired (http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64829,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8)
I hate to say this but it serves them right. I hate when I am in my house and can hear someone's car stereo booming down the street. I mean fine you like loud music, BUY SOME HEADPHONES and crank it up... I have no problem with that. But booming your crap in your car so loud that it annoys others is rude.
Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax -- that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music."
:source: Source: Wired (http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64829,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8)
I hate to say this but it serves them right. I hate when I am in my house and can hear someone's car stereo booming down the street. I mean fine you like loud music, BUY SOME HEADPHONES and crank it up... I have no problem with that. But booming your crap in your car so loud that it annoys others is rude.