Litigation Watch: Welding Rods -- Research Watch Dec. 2004

ARTICLE: "Recovery from Welding-Fume-Exposure-Induced Lung Fibrosis and Pulmonary Function Changes in Sprague Dawley Rats"

AUTHORS: Sung JH, Choi BG, Maeng SH, Kim SJ, Chung YH, Han JH, Song KS, Lee YH, Cho YB, Cho MH, Kim KJ, Hyun JS, Yu IJ.

JOURNAL: Developments in Toxicology and Environmental Science. 2004 Dec;82(2):608-613. Epub 2004 Sep 29.

SUMMARY: The researchers of the study note that welder's pneumoconiosis has generally been determined as benign based on the absence of pulmonary function abnormalities in welders with marked radiographic abnormalities, but there have also been several reports on welders with respiratory symptoms, …