Occupational cancers
Some Occupations could be a risk factor of cancer. Here is the list of these occupations and the type of cancers they may lead.
Cancer |
Chemicals May Lead to Cancer |
Source Examples of Occupations |
| Bladder | Benzidine, beta-naphthylamine,
4-aminobiphenyl, arsenic |
Rubber, leather, paving, roofing,
printing and textile industries; paint/ dyeing products; chimney sweeping; machinists; hairdressers and barbers; truck drivers |
| Kidney | Cadmium, trichloroethylene, herbicides,
wood dust |
Painting; metalworking; petroleum,
plastics, and textile industries |
| Larynx | Asbestos, wood dust, paint fumes | Metal working; petroleum, rubber,
plastics, and textile industries |
| Leukemia | Formaldehyde, benzene, ethylene
oxide, pesticides |
Rubber manufacturing; oil refining;
shoemaking |
| Liver | Arsenic, vinyl chloride, aflatoxins | Plastic manufacturing |
| Lung | Radon, secondhand smoke, asbestos,
arsenic, cadmium, chromium compounds, diesel exhaust, sulfur mustard |
Rubber manufacturing, paving,
roofing, painting, chimney sweeping, iron and steel foundry work, welding |
| Lymphoma | Benzene, 1, 3-butadiene, ethylene
oxide, herbicides, insecticides |
Rubber manufacturing, painting,
hairdresser or barber |
| Mesothelioma | Asbestos | Mining, railroad, automotive,
plumbing, painting and construction industries; factory workers |
| Nasal cavity and sinus | Mustard gas, nickel dust, chromium
dust, leather dust, wood dust, radium |
Textile and baking industry, flour
milling, nickel refining, furniture and cabinet builders, shoemaking |
| Skin | Arsenic, coal tars, parafin, certain oils,
sunlight |
Chimney sweeping; outside jobs that
involve a lot of sun exposure |