Welding and Parkinsons

zuiko · Jul 20, 2004

Well I suppose since they forced everyone who was ever remotely connected to asbestos into bankrupcy they need to find new targets. I saw they were going to try to go after anyone who every made lead-based paint. Not sure how much success they are having with that, but it doesn't surprise me at all.

Those lawyers would be more productive citizens if they just robbed banks for a living. At least the burden on society wouldn't be as great.

DAP · Jul 20, 2004

Let's cut the garlic breath. Hypocracy = 'Lawyers are all bums till ya need a good one.'

I'm trying to find out if anyone else can speak to this correlation PERSONALLY.

If ya found out your town water was killing you, you (and everyone else) would be in the Yellow Pages faster than you could spit.

zuiko · Jul 20, 2004

( If ya found out your town water was killing you, you (and everyone else) would be in the Yellow Pages faster than you could spit. )

That's what everyone always says. I guess that makes it all right then. I've never hired a lawyer for anything, so I guess that just makes me part of the problem.

I never said all lawyers are bad. There are a many different kinds of law practices. The class action mills IMO are total parasites. The money to support that industry doesn't come from a magic tree, it comes from shareholders who won't have as much to retire on and from workers who might not have a job when their company gets put out of business.

gsganzer · Jul 20, 2004

Lets just hope the relationship between welding fumes and parkinsons is truly proven before the lawyers start winning jackpot awards.

Unlike the silicone breast implant fiasco and many others. The lawyers collected tens of millions for their clients "injured by silicone breast implants". Only to have later studies prove that there was no link. Can the companies that were sued ask for their money back????

Yankee · Jul 20, 2004

This thread reminds me, having just deleted the long-winded response I *almost* sent, just how much I enjoy all the tractor discussions.

daedong · Jul 20, 2004

Unlike the silicone breast implant fiasco and many others. The lawyers collected tens of millions for their clients "injured by silicone breast implants". Only to have later studies prove that there was no link. Can the companies that were sued ask for their money back???? 

I think there would be plenty of women out there that had problems that would love these comments
ask them if it was proved /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

rmorgan · Jul 20, 2004

All valid perspectives. This community was almost ripped apart a few years ago by people getting a little (well, maybe a lot) out of hand on political stuff, although I can't remember anymore what it was about, and Muhammad rightly banned those discussions. I certainly don't want to crank up another monster. The original post was regarding welding safety, and for our purposes the important thing is that casual or occasional welding is definitely not a problem.

OK, so a guy gets a letter from his lawyer:

"Dear Joe:

I saw a guy walking down the sidewalk yesterday, and I thought it was you. I crossed thre street to say hello, but it was actually somebody else.

.1 hours, $25.00." /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

YanmarFever · Jul 23, 2004

Are we talking wire feed welding, or stick welding with rods
or both? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I welded for 30 yrs. total 8 hrs. a day /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

KiotiJohn · Jul 23, 2004

The truth about Parkinson's is that NO ONE knows what causes it. Everything from welding to amalgam dental filling, and cooking in aluminum cookware to herpes viruses have been accused of causing the problem. As in so many maladies we humans suffer, people are just guessing as to the causes. John

rockinmywaypa · Jul 23, 2004

I agree, a lot of lawyers are giving a bad name to the very few good ones. As for the water issue, this one happened not to far away in a place called Walkerton. Town employees were submitting samples that weren't even taken on the water and also admitted to drinking booze on the job and seven people ended up dying from ecoli infected water not to mention the hundreds whose kidneys have shut down, maybe permantly. I don't think its anywhere close to being sorted out.