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VA FELA Lawyers: Railroad worker welders-Risk of Breathing/Neurological Disorders

Welders on railroads have contracted permanent lung diseases, cancers or permanent neurological and memory disorders due to long term inhalation of the harmful particulates in welding fumes.
These types of cases require careful investigation and it requires our law firm to engage some of the top experts in the fields involved in order to determine whether a particular cancer or disease was caused by the harmful toxic welding fume exposure in question.

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Railroad Diesel Fumes: Info on Toxic Diseases and Cancers

It’s an unfortunate fact, but one that all railroad workers need to be aware of – working around diesel fumes increases your chance of developing terrible diseases and cancer. This includes exposure to formaldeyde since it is a carcinogen and a constituent of diesel fumes. Our FELA firm has represented railroad workers who spent 30…

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