“ You actually have cases of people being diagnosed with brain tumors only to find out what they actually have is a tapeworm living in their brain,” she says. “And what really astonished me is that tapeworms, in the brain, are the leading cause of epilepsy worldwide. ”
- Amy Stewart, talking about the pork tapeworm in a discussion with NPR about her new book, Wicked Bugs.
If there were ever such a way to get me to not eat bacon, this is clearly it.
***Josh, hate to break to you, but she notes that non-pork-eaters can also acquire these if people who eat pork don’t wash their hands…***
Get grossed out by reading the rest of this article at NPR.
(via joshsternberg)
I am 99% certain that NO GOOD CAN COME of me reading this article. (off to be grossed-out).
(via nprfreshair)
