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Sickened pork workers have new nerve disorder
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1636729020080416"><H1>Sickened pork workers have new nerve disorder</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1636729020080416">By Julie Steenhuysen</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1636729020080416"><DIV class="timestampHeader">Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:22pm EDT</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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