New Study Finds No Link Between Welding and Parkinson's Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A study published in the February issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found no link between exposure to welding fumes and increased risk of Parkinson's disease or other movement disorders.

The study, 'Parkinson's Disease and Other Basal Ganglia or Movement Disorders in a Large Nationwide Cohort of Swedish Welders,' included a cohort of 49,488 male welders and flame cutters and a comparison cohort of 489,572 men from the general Swedish population, which were assembled from the Swedish National Census Register. Information about their medical histories was obtained from public health records, including the Swedish Cause of Death …