This is interesting...A small news item that I'm wondering if you've heard of? Perhaps the possibility of an epidemiological study.
This comes from the Vermont news program on WCAX television.
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Bacteria found inside the state office building in Bennington could have made employees sick. That's the word from the health department. At least six workers contracted Sarcoidosis -- and several others suffered from asthma-like symptoms. State health officials say a new report found three types of bacteria in the building that could be responsible. The building was closed in April and workers are now housed in temporary offices.
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See Trevor's comment on this below (from the 'At last, the slow progress of medical research is being criticized' thread):
We are getting the message out:
"Thermophilic actinomycetes, mycobacteria and paecilomyces have been associated with the formation of noncaseating granulomas. Sarcoidosis is a disease characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas and there is a higher than expected rate of sarcoidosis among people who work or worked in the building,"
This is in a report from the NIOSH, no less. Here is the newspaper article: http://tinyurl.com/3xy29m
Trevor
