You are right Fiona; this needs its own thread. I recopied your post here. My friend and I have been digging a little since you first posted it and we don't like what we see. What's the difference if it's not exactly the same disease? There are so many causes - that reasoning should not apply.

From Fiona:

WELDING FUME LITIGATION STATUS REPORT
AUGUST 2007


"Finally, earlier this year, Drs. Warren Olanow and Daniel Perl published an
article reviewing pathologic studies of patients with manganism and primates experimentally intoxicated with manganese.11 Their findings do not support plaintiffs’ contention that manganese causes Parkinson’s disease, but rather show that manganese induced parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease are distinct and separate diseases.

In short, the large body of reliable scientific evidence finding no connection between exposure to welding fumes and movement disorders continues to grow.

Conclusion
Over the last 18 months, thousands of plaintiffs have abandoned their claims against the welding defendants, a number of the cases developed for trial were dismissed after discovery revealed that the plaintiffs had provided false information about their condition or medical history, and juries in federal and state courts around the country continued to reject plaintiffs’ claims. At the same time, the body of epidemiological data supporting the defense position has continued to grow. Finally, plaintiffs have chosen to dismiss many more cases rather than provide any factual basis for them, further confirming that the supposed welding fume mass tort is simply a shrinking collection of meritless claims."

wow...I am so glad that THAT distinction was cleared up by our doctor pals.

http://www.weldinginfonetwork.com/li...st%20_2007.pdf
end Fiona.

I am so fed up with medical researchers on the take. Consulting their way to the bank, screwing the people who pay everyone - that would be the patients. I know my temper is leaking out around the edges....I'm ready for a krackatoa response.

Any idea why Olanow is no longer at Mt. Sinai?

paula
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