A Canadian study found children drinking water with higher manganese concentrations scored lower on intelligence tests than children with lower exposures, including in some areas measuring below current guidelines. Some municipalities are installing filters.
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Manganese linked to cancer deaths
A North Carolina ecological study correlated groundwater manganese with 28 percent more colon cancer deaths and 26 percent more lung cancer deaths at county level, while airborne manganese tracked with fewer total, breast and lung cancer deaths.
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Manganese rich foods
A USDA table ranks foods by manganese per common measure. Raw oat bran tops it at 5.292 mg a cup, ahead of whole-grain wheat flour at 4.559 mg, dry bulgur at 4.267 mg and canned pineapple at about 2.8 mg.
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