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Marty wrote:

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Very loud music has recently been implicated in collapsed lungs.
This
occurs after a small tear in the lung sac allows air into the chest
cavity, which tear can be in turn be caused by gut thumping bass.


Sounds like a job for Myth Busters

Well, the evidence in fact seems to be anecdotal, but not entirely
mythological, and was published in a peer reviewed journal:

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,...w=wn_tophead_8


The four cases cited were all indoor or in a car. That may be the difference
as I have only done outdoor venues. They don't say but I would speculate
that there were additional strains on the lungs like yelling/screaming and
toxicology issues at the time. Again, thats only speculation.