Monday, April 21, 2008

Response to Sickened Pork Workers Article

My immediate response to the article was that it is apparent that these pigs are infected with a dangerous disease that in return is harming humans. This is a huge deal because many people's daily diets consist of pig meat, and if the pigs are spreading diseases through brain tissue, than it is very possible that marketed pig meat could be infected as well. It also appears as if the people that are investigating the situation do not know much about it, they use the frases "it is possible" or "it doesn't appear". There is no certainty in their tone. I agree with the fact that all jobs have a level of danger, but there also has to be a way to avoid or prevent these dangerous occurences. The difference is the workers didn't know what they were doing was harmful to their health. I feel that this could become a problem if slaughter houses didn't stop performing these methods. This could also be dangerous if we discovered that this disease is transmittable, whether it be through the infected workers or meat that is being sold.

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