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List of toxic substances

We want to talk to you if you are sick and exposed to the below chemicals. Here is a list of know toxic substances and highly suspected cancer causing substances:

Chemical Carcinogens in the Workplace Industries and Trades with Proven Excess Cancers by chemical,industry and type of cancers- AGENT EXPOSURE PRIMARY AFFECTED SITE

ESTABLISHED CARCINOGENS

p-aminobiophenyl Chemical manufacturing Urinary bladder

Asbestos Construction, asbestos mining & milling, Pleura, peritoneum, bronchus

production of friction products, cement

Arsenic Copper mining & smelting Skin, bronchus, liver

Alkylating agents - bis[chloromethyl]ether, etc. Chemical manufacturing Bronchus

Benzene Chemical/rubber manufacturing, petroleum refining Bone marrow (leukemia)

Benzidine, 2-naphthylamine, and derived dyes Dye & textile production Urinary bladder

Chromium & chromates Tanning, pigment making Nasal sinus, bronchus

Isopropyl alcohol synthesis Chemical manufacturing Cancer of paranasal sinus

Nickel Nickel refining Nasal sinus, bronchus

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from Steel making, roofing, chimney Skin, scrotum, bronchus, lung

coke, coal tar, mineral oils, oil shale, creosote cleaning, combustion sources

Vinyl chloride monomer Chemical manufacturing Liver

Wood dust Cabinet making, carpentry Nasal sinus

SUSPECTED CARCINOGENS

Acrylonitrile Chemical and plastics manufacture Lung, colon, prostate

Beryllium manufacture, electronics, sec. smelting Beryllium processing, aircraft Bronchus

Cadmium Smelting, battery plants, welding Bronchus

Ethylene oxide supplies Hospitals, sterilization of hospital Bone marrow

Formaldehyde production, health care Plastic, textile, & chemical Nasal sinus, bronchus

Synthetic mineral fibers, e.g. glass fibers Manufacturing, insulation Bronchus

Phenoxyacetic acid Farming, herbicide application Soft tissue sarcoma

Polychlorinated biphenyls and maintenance Electrical equipment production Liver

Organochlorine pesticides Pesticide manufacture & application agriculture Bone marrow

Silica Casting, mining, refracting Bronchus

Source: Pitot and Dragon, 2001

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