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Fume leak at New Mexico cheese manufacturing unit sends employees to hospital

A worker separates lumps of cheese as part of the processing procedure.

The Curry County Sheriff’s Office reported that more than a dozen workers were transported to area hospitals by ambulances and private vehicles Monday morning after acid mixed with chlorine to create a toxic fume at the cheese plant (not pictured).

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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