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Industry, occupation Cancer site/<strong>cancer</strong><br />

(suspected <strong>cancer</strong> sites<br />

in parentheses)<br />

IARC Group 1<br />

Aluminium production Lung, bladder<br />

Auramine, manufacture of Bladder<br />

Boot and shoe manufacture and repair Nasal cavity, leukaemia<br />

Coal gasification Skin, lung, bladder<br />

Coke production Skin, lung, kidney<br />

Furniture and cabinet making Nasal cavity<br />

Haematite mining (underground) with exposure Lung<br />

to radon<br />

Iron and steel founding Lung<br />

Isopropanol manufacture (strong-acid process) Nasal cavity<br />

Magenta, manufacture of Bladder<br />

Painter (mainly in the construction industry) Lung<br />

Rubber industry (certain occupations) Bladder, leukaemia<br />

IARC Group 2A<br />

Art glass, glass containers and pressed ware (Lung, stomach)<br />

(manufacture of)<br />

Hairdresser or barber (occupational exposure as a) (Bladder, lung)<br />

Non-arsenical insecticides (occupational exposures (Lung, myeloma)<br />

in spraying and application of)<br />

Petroleum refining (occupational exposures in) (Leukaemia, skin)<br />

IARC Group 2B<br />

Carpentry and joinery (Nasal cavity)<br />

Dry cleaning (occupational exposures in) (Bladder, oesophagus)<br />

Textile manufacturing industry (work in) (Nasal cavity, bladder)<br />

Table 2.9 Industries and occupations classified as carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 1), probably carcinogenic<br />

to humans (IARC Group 2A) or possibly carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 2B).<br />

workers were exposed to more than one<br />

such agent. Nonetheless, benzidinebased<br />

dyes and 4,4’-methylenebis<br />

(2-chloroaniline) (known as MOCA, a<br />

curing agent for plastics) are implicated.<br />

The manufacture of auramine has been<br />

shown to cause bladder <strong>cancer</strong>, but the<br />

causative agent is not known.<br />

Benzene<br />

Occupational exposure to benzene may<br />

occur in the chemical and petroleum<br />

industries; it is used as a solvent and intermediate.<br />

The compound is known to cause<br />

leukaemia, most relevant studies implicating<br />

non-lymphocytic leukaemia, and myelogenous<br />

leukaemia in particular [6].<br />

36 The causes of <strong>cancer</strong><br />

Asbestos and other fibres<br />

Cancer caused by inhalation of asbestos<br />

dust has been recognized since the<br />

1950s. All forms of asbestos, including<br />

chrysotile and the amphibole, crocidolite,<br />

cause lung <strong>cancer</strong> and mesothelioma,<br />

an otherwise rare tumour derived<br />

from the lining of the peritoneum, pericardium<br />

or pleura. Apart from asbestos<br />

miners, those exposed include construction,<br />

demolition, shipbuilding, insulation<br />

and brake workers. Fibre size is a crucial<br />

factor determining the carcinogenicity of<br />

asbestos. Evidence suggests that insulation<br />

glass wool, rock wool and slag wool,<br />

which are used as replacements for<br />

asbestos in some applications, do not<br />

cause increased risk of lung <strong>cancer</strong> or<br />

mesothelioma, although ceramic fibres<br />

and certain special-purpose glass wools<br />

are possible carcinogens [7].<br />

Metals<br />

Cancer of the lung can be caused by<br />

exposure to inorganic arsenic in mining<br />

and copper smelting. An increased incidence<br />

of lung <strong>cancer</strong> has also been<br />

recorded among workers in chromateproducing<br />

industries and among chromium<br />

platers and chromium alloy workers.<br />

Increased risk is predominantly associated<br />

with hexavalent chromium compounds.<br />

Nickel refining carries a carcinogenic<br />

risk in processes involving<br />

nickel (sub)sulfides, oxides and soluble<br />

nickel salts.<br />

Coal tar, coal gas production and iron<br />

founding<br />

Coal tar pitches and coal tar vapour are<br />

encountered in a variety of occupations<br />

including coke production, coal gasification<br />

and roofing. These mixtures produce<br />

<strong>cancer</strong>s of the skin and at other<br />

sites including the urinary and respiratory<br />

systems. Work in iron and steel founding<br />

is also associated with an elevated<br />

risk of lung <strong>cancer</strong>; in addition to coalrelated<br />

emissions, such work may<br />

involve exposure to silica, metal fumes<br />

and formaldehyde.<br />

Wood work<br />

Nasal adenocarcinomas are caused by<br />

exposures in the furniture- and cabinetmaking<br />

industry, mainly among people<br />

exposed to wood dust.<br />

Painting<br />

Approximately 200,000 workers <strong>world</strong>wide<br />

are employed in paint manufacture,<br />

and several million are believed to work<br />

as painters, including in specialist painting<br />

such as in vehicle production and<br />

repair. Painters are exposed to hydrocarbon<br />

and chlorinated solvents, dyes, polyesters,<br />

phenol-formaldehyde and<br />

polyurethane resins. A 40% excess risk of<br />

lung <strong>cancer</strong> has been consistently<br />

recorded, and cannot be explained by<br />

smoking alone.

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