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Harry S. Bernton, MD

JAMA. 1973;223(10):1146-1147.

Abstract
Workers in the coffee industry, especially those engaged in the roasting and grinding of the green coffee beans, may at times be exposed to an inhalant allergen. The source of this allergen is the castor bean.

In Central and South American countries, burlap bags are used in the transport of the large crop of castor beans. These contaminated bags may later be used also for the transport of green coffee beans. Thus, the allergen becomes an accidental contaminant of the green coffee beans.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Allergy at the 121st annual convention of the American Medical Association, San Francisco, June 22, 1972.

Reprint requests to 4000 Cathedral Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016 (Dr. Bernton).

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