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Test Results said:The results showed that all of the bearded men had high amounts of microbial counts.
There may be a reason for those test results.
Beards may be totally "in," but they are also dirty, and hazardous to human health.
Scientists discovered men with beards have more germs in their hairs than dogs carry in their fur.
A new study found that every sample of beard hair collected was crawling with bacteria. Nearly half had bugs and bacteria considered hazardous to human health, the Daily Mail reports. The dogs tested had lower levels of microbes, a bacterium that causes disease.
KUTV 2News did not commission or participate in this study and could not verify its results or findings.
Scientists initially wanted to determine if humans could pick up a dog-borne disease from an MRI scan that was also used for examinations by veterinarians. Researchers took swabs from beards of 18 men, ages 18 to 76, and the necks of 30 dogs.
The results showed that all of the bearded men had high amounts of microbial counts. Only 23 of the 30 dogs had high counts and the remainder had moderate levels. Seven men even had harbor microbes that posed a threat to their health.
"On the basis of these findings, dogs can be considered as clean compared with bearded men," Dr. Andreas Gutzeit, of Switzerland's Hirslanden Clinic told the Daily Mail.
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