Emily Diamond

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of welders working on a new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge without adequate protection was performed using a multidisciplinary method to identify the dose-effect relationship between adverse health effects and Mn in air or whole blood.

TL;DR: It is strongly suggested that neuropsychological features contribute in a dose-effect related way to the portrait of manganism usually characterized by tremor, loss in balance, diminished cognitive performance, and signs and symptoms of parkinsonism.

TL;DR: Welders had poorer color vision and emotional status, and increased prevalence of illnesses and psychiatric symptoms, which were related to decreased scores on tasks measuring verbal learning, visuomotor abilities, visUospatial abilities, and information processing, and motor efficiency.

TL;DR: Welders employed in the construction of piers for a new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco were previously evaluated using a broad spectrum of tests, and results indicate unacceptable risks at the current OSHA PEL for manganese and likely at the Cal OSHAPEL as well.

TL;DR: This study explores, through structured interviews, the experience of mothers, some pregnant, some with ill children, others with multiple children, in their attempts to manage during the crisis, and focuses on their levels of trust in systems that many felt failed them throughout the course of the disaster.