More Evidence That Exposure to Poultry Viruses and Bacteria Causes Cancer in Humans

Posted on December 29, 2010 by David Oliver
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Significant increases in mortality risk for some forms of leukemia has again been identified in a cohort of poultry workers. See "Update of Cancer and Non-Cancer Mortality in the Missouri Poultry Cohort". Given the profound changes in the demographics of the poultry industry in recent years it would be interesting to see if population mixing might have been responsible for some or all of the increased risk.

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