New Study on Manganese in Mid-Ohio Valley
A new study reporting on water manganese levels in the Mid-Ohio Valley is expected to be out in the next few months.
The report’s author, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry held a meeting to announce their findings.
Air monitoring from Washington County sites in 2004 confirmed that Eramet’s manganese and alloy production plant in Marietta Ohio was a point source for airborne manganese particle emission.
More monitoring sites will be coming to Harmar, Ohio; Vienna, West Virgina; and Boaz, West Virginia, but some nearby residents don’t think they’re coming fast enough.
“I find it hard to believe that they’re not gonna go away,” said Tate, who lives near the Eramat facility. “We have three different plants in the MOV that’s causing people problems.”
Another man commented, “Can anyone tell me what has been done for the good of this community for the last ten to twenty years?”
“A lot of good has come from it,” an unnamed woman at the meeting responded. “The air quality is on TV, on WTAP TV, letting us know how things are.”
Earlier this year, Eramet Marietta and some of its partners paid $3.25 million to settle allegations of violations of the Clean Water act when the wastewater they were discharging was found to contain high levels of harmful substances, such as manganese.
Manganese exposure has been linked to psychosis, suicidal tendencies, balance problems, tremors, Parkinson’s disease, and more.
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