Newfoundland Processing Workers Say Crab Asthma Not Taken Seriously
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] - April 28, 2017
Workers from crab processing plants around Newfoundland were in St. John's Thursday, demonstrating outside the offices of Workplace NL to try to make their jobs safer.
They say they are getting sick because of a condition called crab asthma, which is caused by exposure to dust, mist, fumes or aerosols that are generated when handling crab in processing plants.
When certain proteins from the crab become airborne, they can enter people's lungs and breathing tubes and cause asthma-like symptoms ...
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