Cancer risks in the workplace

 
 
 
Occupation or industry Suspected Substance Sites
Aluminum Production Pitch volatiles; aromatic amines Lungs, bladder
Arsenical insecticide production and packaging Arsenic compounds Lungs
Battery manufacture Cadmium and cadmium compounds Respiratory and digestive systems, prostate
Beer brewers Alcohol Upper aero-digestive tract
Beryllium refining and machining; production of beryllium-containing products Beryllium and beryllium compounds Lungs
Boot and shoe manufacture and repair Leather dust; benzene and other solvents Leukemia, nose, paranasal sinuses, bladder
Butchers and meat workers Viruses; PAHs Lungs
Carpentry and joinery Wood dust Nose and sinus cavities
Ceramic and pottery workers Crystalline silica Lungs
Coal gasification Coal tar; coal tar fumes; PAHs Skin (including scrotum), bladder, lungs
Coke production Coal tar fumes Skin (including scrotum), lungs, bladder, kidneys
Occupation or industry Suspected Substance Sites
Dry cleaning Solvents and chemicals used in ‘spotting’ leukemia), brain (tumours), liver, bile ducts
Electricity: generation, production, distribution, repair Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields; PCBs Lungs, sinonasal cavities
Electroplating Chromium VI compounds; cadmium and cadmium compounds Lungs, sinonasal cavities
Epichlorohydrin production Epichlorohydrin Lungs, Leukemia
Ethylene oxide production Ethylene oxide Leukemia, stomach
Farmers, farm workers Not identified Leukemia, lymphoma
Fishermen UVR Skin, lips
Flame retardant and plasticiser use PCBs Nasopharynx, sinus cavities
Furniture and cabinet making Wood dust Nose and sinus cavities
Gas workers Coal carbonisation products; 2- naphthylamine Lungs, bladder, scrotum
Glass workers (art glass, glass containers and pressed glassware) Arsenic and other metal oxides; antimony oxides asbestos; lead; silica; PAHs Lungs
Occupation or industry Suspected Substance Sites
Hairdressers and barbers Dyes (aromatic amines, aminophenols with hydrogen peroxide); solvents; propellants; aerosols Bladder, lungs, lymphatic system (non-Hodgkin lymphoma), ovaries
Hematite mining, Iron Ore Mining Radon daughters; silica; Asbestos Lungs, Digestive, Leukemia
Iron and steel founding PAHs; silica; metal fumes; formaldehyde Lungs
Isopropanol manufacture (strong-acid process) Diisopropyl sulfate; isopropyl oils; sulphuric acid Paranasal sinuses, larynx, lungs
Machinists PAH's, Solvents Leukemia
Magenta manufacture Magenta; ortho-toluidine; 4,4´- methylenebis (2-methylaniline); ortho-nitrotoluene Bladder
Mechanics, welders, etc. in motor vehicle manufacturing PAHs; welding fumes; engine exhaust Lungs
Medical personnel Ionising radiation Skin,Leukemia
Painters Not identified Lungs, bladder, stomach
Petroleum refining PAHs Bladder, brain, Leukemia (leukaemia)
Pickling operations Inorganic acid mists containing sulphuric acid Sinus cavities, lungs
Printing processes Solvents; inks; oil mist Leukemia, mouth, lungs, kidney
Occupation or industry Suspected Substance Sites
Roofers, asphalt workers PAHs Lymphopoietic tissue, lungs
Pulp and paper mill workers Not identified Lungs, bladder, Leukemia
Railway workers, filling station attendants, bus and truck drivers, operators of excavating machines Diesel engine exhaust; extremely low-frequency magnetic fields Bladder, stomach, larynx, Leukemia, lungs
Rubber industry Aromatic amines; solvents Bladder, stomach, larynx, Leukemia, lungs
Synthetic latex production, tyre curing, calendering operatives (calendering is a finishing process used on cloth), reclaim rubber, cable makers Aromatic amines Bladder
Textile manufacturing industry Textile dust in the manufacturing process; dyes and solvents in dyeing and printing operations Bladder, sinonasal cavities, mouth
Sandblasting of textiles (e.g. jeans) Silica dust Lungs
Vineyard workers using arsenic insecticides Arsenic compounds Lungs, skin, lips