• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    But studies suggest that there is almost no evidence that law enforcement personnel are at risk from overdoses due to accidentally touching or inhaling the drug.

    And yet, they are reporting it as fact that these first responders were sickened by fentanyl. They don’t even allude to the idea that the illnesses could have been caused by something else. This is bad journalism.

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      https://www.koat.com/article/mountainair-substance-exposure-new-mexico/71388483

      The local story lists other drugs as well.

      State police say 25 people were exposed to fentanyl, methamphetamine, para-fluorofentanyl.

      From the AP:

      University of New Mexico Hospital Chief Medical Officer Steve McLaughlin said during a news conference in Albuquerque that authorities were working “under the assumption” that fentanyl was to blame. He said the responders’ symptoms ranged from mild to slightly more severe.

      “It’s probably not absorbed through your skin, but it would be absorbed through your eyes, nose, mucous membranes, or if you inhale it,” McLaughlin told The Associated Press.