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Speaker 1: Are we setting any want to speed records? Having fun?

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Speaker 1: The science. There's a news site called Conversation and they

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Speaker 1: have asked three scientists to give us the science of

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Speaker 1: boogers and how to deal with them. It don't well,

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Speaker 1: what would you like to call it? Snot? It's human

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Speaker 1: and we need to discuss it. So what would you

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Speaker 1: like to call it? So you're not pulling a face? Crunchy?

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Speaker 1: Snot brendan, don't rub your face? Well, and I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you why. As they say here, when you're entrusted company

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Speaker 1: of your spouse, or sneaking a quick one when no

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Speaker 1: one's looking, we do all pick our noses. This is

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Speaker 1: how the article starts. But we have a social stigma,

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Speaker 1: and rightly so. But as they say here, what should

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Speaker 1: we do with the boogers? So let's start by looking

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Speaker 1: at what is a booger? During the twenty two thousand

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Speaker 1: breath cycles per day, the booger forming mucus forms a

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Speaker 1: critical biological filter. Don't pull the face. This is your

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Speaker 1: body working, let's discuss it. It captures the dust the

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Speaker 1: allergens before they penetrate your airways where they could cause inflammation,

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Speaker 1: asthma and other long term pulmonary issues. Cells in your

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Speaker 1: nasal passage are called goblets cells. They generate mucus to

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Speaker 1: trap these viruses, bacteria, and dust containing harmful substances like

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Speaker 1: asbestos and lead and pollens. Great, okay, it's a very basic,

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Speaker 1: but it's a very intricate defense system against infections. It's

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Speaker 1: our front line immune system before anything enters the body.

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Speaker 1: So then it says, what does the science say about

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Speaker 1: the risks of booger mining? Gina Reinhardt's been looking at

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Speaker 1: this for years. In other words, because your nose golden

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Speaker 1: staff is a germ that can cause a variety of

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Speaker 1: mald to severe in feats, and it's often found in

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Speaker 1: the nose, So don't pick your nose. Also, what you're

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Speaker 1: doing is you're just jamming germs further in, So sticking

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Speaker 1: a digit in your nose, you're just jamming them in

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Speaker 1: and you're spreading them then around the environment with your

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Speaker 1: let's say it, your snotty fingers. So you can also

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Speaker 1: risk gouging and abrasing your nostrils. This is science Brendan,

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Speaker 1: and that is called if. Compulsive nose picking is a

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Speaker 1: form of self harm, and it's called rhino to lexo

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Speaker 1: mania and don't have that. So then the article this

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Speaker 1: is three eminent scientists have devoted their time to discussing.

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Speaker 1: You've picked it now what well, as let's say it,

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Speaker 1: some people eat them technical term mucaphagi mucophagy, which is

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Speaker 1: known as mucus feeding. Now, apart from it being disgusting,

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Speaker 1: as it says here, it means you're ingesting back all

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Speaker 1: those germs, toxins, metals, all those things we've discussed. You're

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Speaker 1: eating the filter. You're eating your filter. Some people wipe

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Speaker 1: it on the nearest item, which is a dreadful way

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Speaker 1: to spread germs. Some people, more hygienic will reach for

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Speaker 1: a tissue for a retrieval and put it in the

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Speaker 1: bin or toilet afterwards. They're saying that's probably the least

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Speaker 1: worst option. If you must pick your nose, they say,

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Speaker 1: make sure you wash your hands extra carefully after blowing

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Speaker 1: or digging in your nose, given that until mucus is

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Speaker 1: completely dried, infectious viruses can remain on your hands and fingers.

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Speaker 1: As they say here in summary, your nose is working

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Speaker 1: over time to keep your healthy. Don't make it keep

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Speaker 1: you healthy, don't make it harder by jamming your fingers

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Speaker 1: up your nose. Edward's scissor hands learnt this the hard way.

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Speaker 1: Don't rub it in the dirt and have it for

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Speaker 1: dessert either. Ah, everybody's doing it, doing it, picking their

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Speaker 1: nose and chewing it, chewing it. This has been a

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Speaker 1: science watch, what the science crap. Just because you pack

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Speaker 1: it up into a little science y thing doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: it's still rank Brendan. As we've discovered, this is the

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Speaker 1: front line of your immunity. If we can help people

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Speaker 1: stay healthy, I'm here for it. You're here for the

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Speaker 1: nose picking. If that's what it takes. Yes,