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more_legal_areas manganeseManganese is an abundant element, naturally occurring in the environment. It is found in many types of rock. As a metal, manganese is similar to iron in its chemical and physical properties. However, in the environment, manganese appears not as a metal, but as a component of more than 100 minerals, including sulfides, oxides, carbonates and phosphates. Manganese combines with other elements or chemicals, such as oxygen, sulfur and chlorine, to make compounds that do not evaporate.
In the environment, manganese can change from one compound to another by natural processes, but it never disappears or breaks down on its own. Some manganese compounds can dissolve in water, but they usually remain present in the environment in lakes, streams and oceans.
The mining of rocks containing high levels of manganese compounds produces manganese metal, which is mixed with iron and used to create steel. The manganese and iron combination improves the hardness, stiffness and strength of various types of steel, including carbon steel, stainless steel and cast iron.
Other magnesium compounds are used to make various other products. Manganese dioxide is used to produce fireworks, dry cell batteries, matches, amethyst glass and other products; manganese sulfate is used in glazes, varnishes, ceramics and fertilizers. It works in the environment as a fungicide; it can also be used as a nutritional supplement.
Manganese has an extremely important impact on the environment. As a vital micronutrient for plants, manganese prevents a yellowing of the leaves and helps leaves grow properly. Domestic animals need an adequate supply of manganese in their food to avoid reduced reproduction and an increased risk of deformed or poorly maturing young.
While exposure to manganese in the environment is not typically hazardous to humans, exposure to manganese dust in an indoor environment could pose a potential health risk. Consumption of manganese in the food or water supply doesn''t reach hazardous levels. However, inhalation of dust can damage lungs, causing such ailments as pneumonia, and affect mental and emotional states, causing neurological problems, such as mental confusion and coordination imbalance.
Other effects of overexposure to manganese in a work environment include Parkinson''s disease, impotence, insomnia, paralysis, flu-like symptoms, tight chest, malaise and fatigue.
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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