Human consequences of foot and mouth disease are more than described

doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1491

BMJ 2001;322:1491 ( 16 June )

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Human consequences of foot and mouth disease are more than described

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EDITOR $---$ The article by Prempeh et al on the implications of foot and mouth on human health has considered only the diseaseitself.¹ Some of your respondents have made reference to mentalhealth effects as a result of the outbreak, but I see no mentionof the wider implications for health resulting from the methodof controlling the disease. Cumbria seems to have been sittingunder a pall of smoke. Have the local hospitals reported an increasedintake of respiratory illnesses which coincide with the appearanceof "animal bonfires"? Will they monitor for this possibility?The burning of straw and stubble has been illegal for some years,yet this is the very fuel being used to maintain the burning ofthecarcasses.

There are guidelines for the widespread use of disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the disease; given the quantitiesinvolved, what human health implications are there . . . [Full text of this article]

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