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BOC facing welding fume claims

UK group BOC is facing a very large number of US lawsuits over the health effects of welding fumes. A US subsidiary of BOC currently is a party to a number of cases in the US alleging neurological injury through exposure to manganese in welding fumes. Plaintiffs have described welding fumes as the new asbestos.

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