Talk:Metal fume fever

message: Zinc fever is mentioned here  as an occupational hazard. Removing  tag. Dr Zak 15:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hoax tag

message: "Since Jim Wilson's death, after being exposure to zinc fumes (specifically zinc oxide), this is yet another in depth search on the subject of fume fever (exposure to zinc oxide) I have included the URL's for your reference so you can read the whole article and evaluate the dangers for yourself.
It would seem that fume fever is not something I want to deal with again. My first exposure was the result of my lack of knowledge, and by overheating galvanized material. I discribed my flu like symptoms to Jim Wilson over the phone and he immediately said it as fume fever. In his next breath I got "the lecture" on safety and knowing the dangers of the materials I was dealing with as a blacksmith.
Jim Wilson, to the best of my knowledge, did not die due to breathing zinc fumes (zinc oxide). Jim had COPD* and I have seen first hand his impaired breathing. It is my non-medical opinion that the exposure to zinc fumes further weakened an already impaired resporatory system and pneumonia set in. From the zinc exposure to the time of death was about 2 weeks. Although, as best I can tell, zinc did not cause his death, the zinc fumes and COPD were, most likely, the primary contributing factors. Yes it is splitting hairs, but as best I can tell, zinc fumes (inhalation of zinc oxide) causing death is not correct. I can find no articles to support a build up of zinc in the body (heavy metal poisioning) from inhaliation of zinc fumes (zinc oxide). If you can provide me with a URL, please do, as I would be most interested."
-69.87.199.151 17:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know how bad the zinc is; my understanding was that it's unpleasant, but does not usually cause long-term problems. Other metals can be much more dangerous, though. I've heard that cadmium is particularly bad. 24.91.134.90 08:06, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deadly? 

message: The usage of "Cow's Milk" seems awkward - did the author mean something other than bovine milk? (i.e. "milk of magnesia" isn't from any known animal.)--Test35965 (talk) 23:56, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Cow's Milk" 

message: The section marked with the copy edit tag appears to have been copy-pasted from http://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/illness.htm
There is relevant information that can be salvaged, but the majority of that section can probably be removed. --AstroEngiSci (talk) 02:25, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on that. --AstroEngiSci (talk) 02:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section that requires copy editing is plagiarized 

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