(Reuters Health) - Workers exposed to welding fumes are more likely to develop lung cancer than those not exposed to the fumes, and a new study suggests this holds true regardless of other risk ...

The welding industry cannot be blamed for the brain damage a Texas man claims his job caused him, an attorney for welding rod makers said Monday at the first trial among thousands of welding-fume ...

In a closely watched case unfolding in federal court, a jury is being asked to take up an intriguing question that has confounded many medical researchers: Can welding fumes cause neurological ...

About the size of a standard kitchen oven, a shiny, cherry red steel box is the newest piece of equipment in the lab of Jae Hong Park, Purdue University School of Health Sciences associate professor.

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, ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a new journal article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Bacterial Special ...

New findings show that it’s not only welders themselves who are being exposed to welding fumes, but everyone working in the facility-– regardless of the size of the business or the sector in question.

Working as part of an international group of toxicologists scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) have found that harmful nanoparticles are formed in the process of arc welding using ...

If the president and Congress do agree this year to fund a big federal infrastructure program, it stands to reason that the boost in construction spending puts a spotlight on the safety of the ...

Lawyers presented opening statements in Texas on Monday in the first trial among thousands of welding-fume lawsuits that have been filed around the country. At issue in the cases is whether welding ...