Welding fume is composed of very fine, solid particles of metal oxides that form during the welding process. The makeup of welding fume is dependent on many factors, including the composition of the ...

Have you ever visited a smoky, air-polluted welding shop? Or, worse yet, worked in one? Welding and cutting activities produce harmful fumes and particles from manual and robotic welding, arc gouging, ...

Welding exposes workers to harmful fumes and gases linked to chronic respiratory illness and cancer. What are key steps to protect them? Welding is indispensable to many industries, but it exposes ...

A new study has found 90 per cent of welders surveyed are being exposed to carcinogenic welding fumes. A public health expert says the issue needs to be taken as seriously as silica and asbestos ...

Occupational exposure to manganeses (Mn) has been associated with neurotoxic effects along a continuum of dysfunctions, 1, 2 ranging from sub-functional neurotoxic effects associated with low Mn ...