WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council has questioned the "broad conclusions" of a study that suggests poultry processing is an occupation that predisposes employees to a rare dermatological condition known as pachydermodactyly.
Pachydermodactyly is a rare, benign, acquired form of digital fibromatosis. In a recently published study, researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine, while stating themselves that the cause of the condition is unknown, infer it is caused by repeated mechanical injury of the skin, NCC said.
The council pointed out that the researchers looked at two individuals employed in the chicken industry, one as a catcher and one as. . .
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