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!!WARNING!!

"Class B" Sewage Sludge contains harmful Bacteria, Enteric Viruses, Protozoa and Parasites.  Exposure to these organisms may cause severe adverse health effects, including typhoid fever,  dysentery, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, abdominal pain, cholera, hepatitis, meningitis, pneumonia,  paralysis, encephalitis, respiratory problems and fever.

SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF ANY OF THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS OCCUR AFTER EXPOSURE TO SEWAGE SLUDGE

This is a Public Service Announcement provided by the National Whistleblower Center.  For more information contact www.whistleblowers.org

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH Hazard ID, Publication No. 2000-158 (August, 2000); US EPA Office of Research and Development, "Environmental Regulations and Technology: Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge," (EPA/625/R-92-013 (Oct. 1999), Table 2-1.
This Hazard ID was replaced by Guidance for.Controlling Potential Risks to Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids in July 2002.