Just recently East Liverpool is finally getting a much need air study. The main study is dealing with the amount of Manganese in the air and the effcts it may have on children. A doctor from the University of Cincinnatisays East Liverpool is one community in the nation that was deemed in the first percentile of worst air quality near schools but yet goes on to tell parents there is nothing to be concerened about at this point. Manganese has been an ongoing issue in East Liverpool for many years even the local miners responsible for mining the element have a term for it - Manganese Madness. They have reported issues such as having convulsions or hallucinations, mood disturbances and motor dysfunction, but apparently this is nothing to be concerned about.

Manganese has been identified as one of the 10 leading causes of work-related disease and injuries. Exposure to manganese has been linked to speeding up the onset of Parkinson’s disease and resulting in instances of manganism, manganese poisoning, as well...

Welcome to the new Ohio Valley Blog. We had several great topics on the old OhioValleyBlog.com but it just became way to slow and unresponsive and it was time for a change. Unfortunately we have to start over from scratch but starting over tabula rasa style is not such a bad thing.  Although we had a lot of content on the old site there were only about a dozen that really piqued the interest of Ohio Valley residents.  We learned what sparks you interests and were actually shocked that several of the topics became very popular. It opened our eyes to what is important here and along the way we became somewhat of a shoulder for some Ohio valley residents. We let people speak freely here, we do not try to police the content like some sites do, and we want public opinion to be heard. We cannot guarantee all the right people will be listening, but others with similar interests and perspectives will band together and help one another out. One of our biggest topics dealt with sexual abuse and the Catholic Church. We were...