Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The Blue People of Troublesome Creek



On the news last week they ran a story about a man whose skin turned blue. Due to the overwhelming noise going on in the kitchen at the time I could not here the story properly nor could I find the article (I think the station was either MSNBC or CNN). Either way I did find this interesting story about a family that is known for inheriting the color due to intermarriage. The disorder is called methemoglobinemia which you can read more about here. There is also a brief article concerning the family here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hey! i remember that it was on the news on NBC, too.

-monica c