Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Pork workers brains may be infected by airbourne prions

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eleven workers who removed brains from slaughtered pigs at a plant in Minnesota have come down with a mysterious neurological condition, company and U.S. health officials said on Friday.

State and federal officials were working to find out if other workers at Quality Pork Processors Inc. in the city of Austin may be in danger.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0734568420071208?sp=true

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