Managanese Poisoning Resembles Parkinson's Disease

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Donald Harvey Marks, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified internal medicine physician, with an active hospital-based clinical practice. He is the former associate director and the director of clinical research at several international pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturers, and actively consults on medication and vaccine toxicity issues. He can be reached at [email protected].

Chronic exposure to manganese can produce a toxic syndrome of diminished motor skills and psychological disturbances - symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease (PD).

PD is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by damage to or death of dopamine-producing …