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September 8, 2014

The Great British Bake Off ‘putting home bakers at risk of asthma’ – Daily Mail

The Great British Bake Off 'putting home bakers at risk of asthma'
Daily Mail
The popularity of The Great British Bake Off could be putting keen home bakers at risk of asthma triggered by flour dust, warn experts. Some 3,000 people – many of them professional bakers – develop occupational asthma each year. Charity Asthma UK has …
Flour Is the Main Cause of Work-Related Asthma in FranceTIME
Beware — flour can cause asthma!TheHealthSite
This is biggest cause of work-induced asthma in France?Mother Nature Network (blog)
EurekAlert (press release)
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June 2, 2012

Sister helps with Meriden cake business despite baker’s asthma – Meriden Record-Journal

Sister helps with Meriden cake business despite baker's asthma
Meriden Record-Journal
While working at Aetna, Speeg discovered she had developed an allergy to flour, also called baker's asthma. Speeg said she began taking medications but continued feeling ill. In 2002, she returned to school and became a medical assistant.

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