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°Air Manganese Content Prompts Closer Monitoring
°Residents Continue to Fight Steel Plant Pollution
°N.J. Deals Faces Buried Toxin Problem
°New Report Lists Brain-Damaging Substances
°Man Sues for Welding Rod Manganese Exposure
°New Study on Manganese in Mid-Ohio Valley
°Study Finds Possible Explanation For Manganese-Related Brain Dysfunction
°Bay Bridge Welders Exposed To High Manganese Levels
°Possible New Treatment for Manganese Toxicity
°Lawsuit Alleges Manganese Hit Nerves
°Manganese and Other Contaminants Clog Madison Wells
°Major Health Study Pulled from Upcoming Manganese Trial
° Wisconsin Water Pipes to be Flushed of Manganese Sediments
°New Manganese Suit Seeks $.5M
° Shipyard Worker Settles First Manganese Lawsuit of its Kind
° Water Commission downplaying manganese risks in Massachusetts town
° Showers could be presenting manganese risks
° Mayo Clinic links welding and brain damage cases
° BOC Shares Go Up Despite Manganese Lawsuits Pending
° Some supplements present more risks than benefits
° Manganese in Lung Tissue
° Effects of manganese exposure from drinking water in children

° 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:

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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.