Researchers think big quantities of allergen-laden dust produced at cannabis-processing centers might present genuine breathing threats to employees. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
A young lady working at a Massachusetts cannabis-processing center who established new-onset asthma and lateron passedaway of a deadly asthma attack is the veryfirst such death in the blossoming market, a brand-new report discovers.
Researchers think big quantities of allergen-laden dust produced at these centers might present genuine breathing threats to employees.
When it comes to asthma and the risk to workers, “it is essential to acknowledge that work in marijuana production is possibly causative,” stated a group led by Dr. Virginia Weaver, of the U.S. Department of Labor.
In its case report, Weaver’s group stated the 27-year-old female worker started working at a Massachusetts marijuana growing and processing center in late May of2021
She had no history of asthma however, according to her mom, “she established job-related runny nose, cough and shortness of breath after 3-4 months of work,” the report discovered.
The lady veryfirst worked in the location where the marijuana was ground, however by Oct. 1 she’d moved to “flower production,” grinding marijuana plant flowers and preparing marijuana cigarettes. Dust “visibly left” into the air, even however a (non-HEPA) store vacuum was utilized to gather dust from the mill.
The female did wear an N95 mask and protective gloves while working, however as her signs intensified her workstation was moved to outside the grinding space.
However, on Nov. 9 she had an asthma attack that needed her to be taken by EMS to a regional emergencysituation department. She recuperated, and