Brazil’s meat plants could be putting pregnant workers at risk, say health experts

Rates of maternal disorders appear higher than in any other employment sector, with thousands of women suffering as meat exports hit record highsAt five months pregnant, Ivone* was cutting poultry on a conveyor belt when she started feeling ill.“I went to the locker room and took some painkillers. That’s when I started to have some strange loss of fluid,” she says. She was rushed to a hospital where she was diagnosed with an infection, and had to go on leave. Continue reading..