Letters To The Editor (3)
By: Kevin Thompson Vol: 35 | No: 22 | Published on: June 9, 2008
Pigs have similarities to humans, but when workers are exposed to brain tissue during "disassembly," bad things can happen. A safety professional's explanation of progressive inflammatory neuropathy.
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Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy Explained After reading our May 16 story, “Cal/OSHA Warns Pork Processors on Syndrome Caused by Brain Drain” (p. 9190), reader Paul Burnett offers the following explanation of progressive inflammatory neuropathy, the disease that has been identified in pork-processing workers who have the unenviable task of removing brains from slaughtered animals. He writes: … Read More » This...