Almost 100 workers in a #Michigan paper mill infected by #blastomycosis

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-25-rare-fungal-infection-spreads-100-workers-michigan.html

#fungalinfection

This is kind of crazy reminds me of the show "The Last of Us'

#Fungal Outbreak Affects Over 90 Workers At Michigan Paper Mill

An investigation into an #outbreak of #blastomycosis is ongoing and includes health and safety officials at the local, state, and federal levels.

Experts said that an outbreak that affects a large number of people is highly unusual as the fungal disease is not usually transmitted from person to person.

In severe cases, the fungus spreads from the lungs to other organs, including the muscles, bones, and brain.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fungal-outbreak-affects-over-90-workers-michigan-paper-mill

An employee has died of blastomycosis in Billerud Escanaba, MI paper mill.

March 3, Billerud was alerted by the local health authorities, that the disease had been infecting workers at the mill. A week later 15 people had fallen ill, in two more weeks 39.

Yet it took Billerud 3 more weeks before they closed down the factory on April 13.

The first death was reported today, April 15.

#Billerud #Escanaba #Michigan #blastomycosis

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/14/paper-mill-site-of-a-fungal-outbreak-in-u-p-will-close-for-three-weeks/70113647007/

An employee has died of blastomycosis in Billarud Escanabaa, MI paper mill.

March 3, Billerud was alerted by the local health authorities, that the very serious infectious disease had been infecting workers at the mill. A week later 15 people had fallen ill, in two more weeks 39.

Yet it took Billerud 3 more weeks before they closed down the factory on April 13.

The first death was reported today, April 15.

#Billerud #Escanaba #Michigan #blastomycosis

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/14/paper-mill-site-of-a-fungal-outbreak-in-u-p-will-close-for-three-weeks/70113647007/

An Escanaba, Michigan paper mill shuts down temporarily after an outbreak of #blastomycosis One person is dead and 90+ are confirmed or suspected to have the disease, which originates in moist soil and rotting wood and leaves.

This Freep story is pretty thorough.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/14/escanaba-paper-mill-closed-fungal-infection-outbreak/70114906007/

The mill is owned by #Billerud (a Swedish company) and recently received up to $200 million in state funding to modernize their product mix.

https://www.paper-world.com/en/newsdetail/billerud-michigan-governor-signs-legislation

#yooper

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Out today: our series of #blastomycosis infections in New England. This water-loving fungus is typically acquired from exposure to decaying vegetation along lakes and riverbanks. Anecdotally, cases may be increasing in Vermont, Maine, and upstate New York, perhaps due to extreme precipitation events and flooding in the setting of #ClimateChange. :budding_yeast: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofad029/6993860

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