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Manganese Lawyer

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Due to the similarity of this work hazard to non-occupational diseases, like Parkinson's Disease, manganese exposure is often unidentified as a workplace disease. If you have been exposed to manganese and are now suffering the serious side effects contact us to speak with a Manganese Lawyer.

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If you have suffered from manganese exposure and the serious side effects, contact us to speak with a Manganese Lawyer.

 

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Manganese Exposure Symptoms

» Chronic exposure to manganese can result in symptoms similar to Parkinson's Disease, a serious and progressive impairment or deterioration of nerve cells in the brain. Common characteristics of manganism, the chronic exposure to high levels of manganese, can include:

Improper Work Conditions Lead to Cases of Parkinsonism



» The Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology at the National Taiwan University Hospital found several cases of parkinsonism after there was an outbreak due to an unrepaired ventilation control system in a ferromanganese smelter. The ventilation system in the smelter was not repaired for eight months in 1985, and 132 workers were then submitted to a thorough medical examination and estimated air concentrations of carbon monoxide and manganese at different worksites. Six of eight workers performing electrode fixation or welding during 1985 developed parkinsonism after being exposed to manganese for 30 minutes every day for seven days a week. The workers had been subjected to high concentrations of air manganese. These parkinsonism developments showed the dangers of improper work conditions with harmful toxins like manganese, such as a breakdown of a ventilation system that can result in serious conditions.

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How Manganese Affects You:
» Everyday Products Containing Manganese
The twelfth most common element in the Earth's crust, manganese is found in soil, water, plants animals, and air particles. Workers are at most risk for manganese poisoning when mining and processing the toxic material, but manganese is also used to manufacture products like batteries, fertilizers, pesticides, ceramics, as a gasoline additive, and dietary supplements.

» Manganese Side Effects
In addition to manganese poisoning, or manganism , and the link to Parkinson's Disease , there are additional chronic manganese health effects that can occur. Included in these long-term manganese exposure risks is gradual brain damage, change in blood count, liver and/or kidney damage, lung damage, and lung allergy.

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