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tomahawk kid · 10-05-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

You should just hire a chimney sweep, they are not that expensive. While they are there I always have them clean out the dryer vent at the same time. Money well spent and if your house burns down because of a chimney fire you can blame them. Last time I paid $75 .

I think that's the route I'm going.

Thanks all.

**Iowanian** · 10-05-2009, 01:23 PM

If you're afraid of the log chain, tie a nylon rope around a handfull of old Tshirts, drop the rope down and pull it through like a gun bore cleaner.

**gblowfish** · 10-05-2009, 02:33 PM

I've had a colonoscopy. Does that count?

listopencil · 10-05-2009, 02:58 PM

Pour some gasoline down in there from the roof. Then soak a towel in the leftover gasoline, light it, and throw it down the chimney. Then run.

**cdcox** · 10-05-2009, 03:26 PM

The deposits in your chimeny contain some nasty stuff. See below. While your chance of contracting testicular cancer from an occasional cleaning are low, they are not zero. I advise anyone who decides to do this on your own to take necessary precautions to limit yourself to exposure of the stuff you knock free.

Also, don't fall off the roof.

My patient is a 39-year-old man who is a professional chimney sweep. He asked me if he should be getting chest x-rays or pulmonary function testing on any kind of a regular basis. Other than increased risk for scrotal cancer, I can't find anything listed for this occupation. What screening tests would you recommend?

Rick Davis, MD

Chimney sweeps are exposed to numerous hazardous chemicals in their daily work. They contact and inhale by-products of fossil fuel combustion, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carcinogenic metals (arsenic, nickel, chromium), carbon, etc. The study paper on the health of the sweep, cited by Gustavsson,[1] was published in 1775. This report was the first ever to identify an occupational cancer, in this case, an increase in the risk for scrotal cancer.

The best contemporary studies come from Sweden, where a large chimney sweep guild with good health records provides reasonable data.[1] Several studies have shown that chimney sweeps have a higher risk for malignancies, eg, prostate cancer,[2] esophageal cancer,[3] bladder cancer,[1] and lung cancer.[4]

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/468905

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10-05-2009, 03:26 PM	#5
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $-618231	The deposits in your chimeny contain some nasty stuff. See below. While your chance of contracting testicular cancer from an occasional cleaning are low, they are not zero. I advise anyone who decides to do this on your own to take necessary precautions to limit yourself to exposure of the stuff you knock free. Also, don't fall off the roof. My patient is a 39-year-old man who is a professional chimney sweep. He asked me if he should be getting chest x-rays or pulmonary function testing on any kind of a regular basis. Other than increased risk for scrotal cancer, I can't find anything listed for this occupation. What screening tests would you recommend? Rick Davis, MD Chimney sweeps are exposed to numerous hazardous chemicals in their daily work. They contact and inhale by-products of fossil fuel combustion, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carcinogenic metals (arsenic, nickel, chromium), carbon, etc. The study paper on the health of the sweep, cited by Gustavsson,[1] was published in 1775. This report was the first ever to identify an occupational cancer, in this case, an increase in the risk for scrotal cancer. The best contemporary studies come from Sweden, where a large chimney sweep guild with good health records provides reasonable data.[1] Several studies have shown that chimney sweeps have a higher risk for malignancies, eg, prostate cancer,[2] esophageal cancer,[3] bladder cancer,[1] and lung cancer.[4] http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/468905
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