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more_legal_areas manganeseFumes manganese emits during welding, pipe fitting, coke oven operations, steel work, railroad work, pesticide handling, and mining operations has the potential to cause serious adverse health consequences with high levels of exposure. Fumes manganese emits during these processes has been known to cause a serious degenerative brain disease called Parkinsonism since 1837. Some reports have revealed that at least forty percent of all welders experience some symptoms of Parkinsonism (also known as Manganism).
According to internal reports, manufactures of welding rods (that emit fumes manganese is present in) consistently concealed evidence from 1932 to 1980 regarding the harmful effects of their products on welders. Employers who fail to comply with government manganese regulations may also be placing their employers at risk for developing Parkinsonism from manganese fumes.
OSHA regulations require that manganese fumes in the work environment to do not exceed permissible exposure levels. They also provide a compulsory protocol for the actions to be taken to protect workers from manganese fumes and reduce levels of manganese in the work atmosphere. The permissible level of exposure to manganese fumes in the work environment is five milligrams per cubic meter in a forty hour work week. Exhaustive ventilation of fumes manganese emits, and personal protection equipment such as respirators are to be furnished to employees who are exposed to manganese fumes in the work environment.
Fumes manganese emits can cause serious injury to human health at dangerous levels. Parkinsonism or manganism is a degenerative brain disease whose symptoms include tremors, shakes, loss of coordination and fine motor skills, slurred speech, drowsiness, muscle cramps, facial muscle impairment, and impotency. The inhalation of manganese fumes can cause metal fume fever (flu-like symptoms), respiratory problems, kidney, liver and heart damage, impediment of fetal development, gastrointestinal problems, convulsions and coma.
The average onset for Parkinsonism is 45 years of age, which is fifteen years sooner than the average onset of non-fume manganese Parkinson''s development. An estimated 1.5 million Americans suffer from Parkinson''s symptoms, many of which have developed this disease as a result of harmful manganese fumes.
There are medical tests available to test the levels of manganese fume exposure in the human body. These tests are unable to precisely predict the effects of these bodily manganese levels but they can indicate the possible cause of adverse health problems. If you have been injured as a result of manganese fumes, you may be eligible to seek compensation for your damages in a manganese fume injury civil lawsuit. A qualified attorney can advise you of your legal rights and options in a case to recover medical expenses, loss of income and pain and suffering related to your manganese fumes injuries.
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