Scientists still don?t know what caused neurological disorders in dozens of people swimming and working in pfiesteria-infested waters on the Eastern Shore nine years ago, but a study released by the University of Maryland School of Medicine found watermen are at little risk today.
Commercial fishermen do not face significant health risks from occupational exposure to pfiesteria in the Chesapeake Bay, according to the study, published in the July 2006 issue of the Environmental Health Perspectives journal.
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