Reframing welders’ parkinsonism: from the “idiopathic” label to biological causation and legal recognition
Chul Gab Lee · 2026
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Chul Gab Lee, in a 2026 review, takes on the label idiopathic Parkinson's disease when it is pinned on welders in Korea. The word means the cause is unknown. Claims staff often read it as proof that work played no role, so pay claims get turned down.
Lee checks proof from diagnosis, tissue, brain scans, population studies, and the law. New gene-based ways to define the disease do not hinge on cause at all. Long, low doses of manganese from welding fumes can also harm the same brain cells and leave the same protein clumps. Scans and drug response cannot split the two cleanly. Lee urges that heavy lifetime welding exposure earn a fair hearing under the pay law.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chul Gab Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44937 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |