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more_legal_areas manganeseThe manganese cancer link has been highly disputed. Currently, there are 500,000 welders nationwide and some researchers believe a high number of them might have serious work related injuries like manganese cancer and other nerve disorders like manganism and Parkinson''s disease. Some accounts estimate as many as 10,000 workers have filed lawsuits for disease onset allegedly suffered because of working conditions.
These days, workplace regulations exist to determine permissible levels of toxins and chemicals that are considered safe for workers to be exposed to for long periods of time. There are also various safety measures including protective gear and special vacuums and other equipment to disperse the fumes away from workers that have been put into place over the years. Even with these workplace standards, low-level exposure over time, as well as the inability to always keep workplace standards up to par have resulted in health problems .
Back in the 60s and 70s, workplace standards did not yet exist and welders were exposed to high levels of manganese every day at the job without access to protective equipment . The manganese exposure comes from some types of welding rods that when burnt allow the smoke containing manganese to be inhaled. Even with ventilation systems today, workers have still complained exposure to the smoke was unavoidable.
The EPA has not classified manganese as a human carcinogen despite the toxic effects it can produce. There is an absence of human manganese cancer data available, though exposure to high levels of manganese in food has shown to create a slight increase in incidence of pancreatic tumors in male rats and thyroid tumors in male and female mice. Manganese cancer links have not been established but some argue the exposure to manganese might create a greater susceptibility to later developing cancer, though so far this has proven to be just a theory.
A lawsuit brought by a former welder who claims that he suffers tremors from exposure to welding fumes has raised a serious and intriguing question: Do welding fumes cause neurological diseases like Parkinson''s?
Ernest G. Solis, a 57-year-old...
In Ruth v A.O. Smith Corp., a welder sued two welding rod manufacturers, alleging their product was hazardous and they failed to adequately warn employees of the potential dangers of manganese fumes.
At 32 years of age, Ruth was diagn...
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