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What do you mean by sorter's disease?

Hi. Wool industry is the most important means of livelihood for many people. But sorter's job is very risky beacause sometimes they get infected by a bacterium called anthrax, which causes a fatal blood disease called sorter's disease. Such types of diseases are called occupational hazards.

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A pulmonary form of anthrax that results from the inhalation of spores of the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis in the wool of contaminated sheep.
The bacterium that causes this is Bacillus Anthracis


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In medical jurisprudence. A popular name for malignantanthrax, a disease characterized by malignant pustules or carbuncles, caused byInfection by putrid animal matter containing the bacillus anthracis, and chiefly prevalentamong persons whose business is to handle wool and hides, such as tanners, butchers,and herdsmen. See Bacon v. United States Mut. Acc. Ass’n, 123 N. Y. 304. 25 N. E. 399,9 L. R. A. 617, 20 Am. St. Rep. 748

Read more: WOOL SORTERS' DISEASE | Definition of WOOL SORTERS' DISEASE (Black's Law Dictionary) 

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Sorter's disease is caused when a worker works in an industry and is caused due to bacteria named Bacillus Anthracis.

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People workig in the wool industry sometimes get infeceted by a bacterium called anthrax . It leads to a fatal blood disease called sorter disease

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why is sorters job risky

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Sorter's job is very risky beacause sometimes they get infected by a bacterium called anthrax, which causes a fatal blood disease called sorter's disease. Such types of diseases are called occupational hazards.

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hi friends
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When sorting of fleece is done in the industries some people or soters get infected by a bacterium called Anthrax which is very risky.the disease is called Sorter's disease.

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It is risky because of the bacteria that gets infected called Anthrax. It is risky as it is a fatal disease
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While sorting or separating the fleece along with the layer of dead skin a bacterium called ANTHRAX gets infected in the body
It is a fatal blood disease and a OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
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wool-sorter's disease. A pulmonary form of anthrax that results from the inhalation of spores of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis in the wool of contaminated sheep.
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