Hi all, I followed this thread On the Uk welder forum with some interest as I have always been a bit concerned about the effects of welding fumes, I have had the galvanic flu a few times and last year I was repairing a large bucket using flux core in my workshop and I threw up because of the fumes. I then bought an air fed speedglas and haven't had any problems since.
I contacted Reetika last year and when she said they were looking for non smoking welders I said I would try and come in. I thought there would be huge interest so I was surprised to find only 5 guys have been in and got tested. I drove down last Friday from Acharacle (Nw Scotland)and got tested on Saturday morning, I then drove back up the road, 1052 mile round trip.
The procedure was very simple and took around 2 minutes, she took a sample from each nostril with a little sampling tool. It was not painful in any way and I was back in my vehicle 5 minutes later.
Because of the distance I had travelled she paid me £200 to cover fuel and overnight accommodation, the other guy who come by train received £110 and he was local.
I can now sleep easy knowing I have done my bit for all you guys who never bothered. (Only joking) however they need 5 more guys to do the test so I promised her I would post this to try and kick start a bit of interest.
The study is being carried out to learn more about the effect of welding fume on our lungs and aims to develope a vaccine similar to the flu jab to protect welders. The welding institute in Cambridge are involved with the view of reducing respitory problems amongst the welding community.
I have attached the following paragraph which explains the studies aims, it also has Reetika's e-mail if you wish to contact her for further information.
We're a group at Queen Mary University of London, based in Whitechapel, London (near the Royal London hospital) conducting a study on welder health. From other people's work we've known for years that welders are more susceptible to respiratory disease from being exposed to welding fumes. What we're now trying to understand is why and how we can protect them better. This study focuses on understanding if we can take a small sample from the nose and work out if an individual is more susceptible to respiratory infection and thus protect them against.
We're looking for non-smoking welders (because we also know that smoking causes respiratory disease but we want to know what welding by itself does) to come to us in Whitechapel, London. We will cover travel expenses up to £100 + compensation of £100. Please do get in touch if you have any questions or are interested: r.suri@qmul.ac.uk
I contacted Reetika last year and when she said they were looking for non smoking welders I said I would try and come in. I thought there would be huge interest so I was surprised to find only 5 guys have been in and got tested. I drove down last Friday from Acharacle (Nw Scotland)and got tested on Saturday morning, I then drove back up the road, 1052 mile round trip.
The procedure was very simple and took around 2 minutes, she took a sample from each nostril with a little sampling tool. It was not painful in any way and I was back in my vehicle 5 minutes later.
Because of the distance I had travelled she paid me £200 to cover fuel and overnight accommodation, the other guy who come by train received £110 and he was local.
I can now sleep easy knowing I have done my bit for all you guys who never bothered. (Only joking) however they need 5 more guys to do the test so I promised her I would post this to try and kick start a bit of interest.
The study is being carried out to learn more about the effect of welding fume on our lungs and aims to develope a vaccine similar to the flu jab to protect welders. The welding institute in Cambridge are involved with the view of reducing respitory problems amongst the welding community.
I have attached the following paragraph which explains the studies aims, it also has Reetika's e-mail if you wish to contact her for further information.
We're a group at Queen Mary University of London, based in Whitechapel, London (near the Royal London hospital) conducting a study on welder health. From other people's work we've known for years that welders are more susceptible to respiratory disease from being exposed to welding fumes. What we're now trying to understand is why and how we can protect them better. This study focuses on understanding if we can take a small sample from the nose and work out if an individual is more susceptible to respiratory infection and thus protect them against.
We're looking for non-smoking welders (because we also know that smoking causes respiratory disease but we want to know what welding by itself does) to come to us in Whitechapel, London. We will cover travel expenses up to £100 + compensation of £100. Please do get in touch if you have any questions or are interested: r.suri@qmul.ac.uk