Welding Fume Litigation: The Next Asbestos?
The federal judge overseeing the Welding Fume MDL in Cleveland, Ohio, recently ruled to allow evidence and expert testimony linking welding fumes and Parkinson's Disease. Defendant companies have long argured that pinpointing the origin of neurological diseases such as Parkinson's is difficult, and to say that welding fumes is the cause is impossible.
However, it has been known since the early 1930's that manganese causes specific neurological disorders such as manganism and Parkinson's Disease. It is the manganese inhaled in the welding fumes that has effected potentially 500,000 welders nationwide.
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