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Examples of occupational carcinogens and associated cancer types

Radiation Exposures Airborne Particles Metals and Metalloids Chemicals and Chemical Mixtures Pesticides
X and Gamma
Nuclear industry,
Medical Imaging
Ultraviolet
Outdoor work,
Welding
Plutonium
Nuclear industry
Asbestos
Mining, Shipyards,
Manufacturing
Wood Dust
Forestry, Carpentry,
Construction
Acid mists
Soap manufacturing,
Phosphate fertilizers,
Electroplating, Pickling
Soot
Industries and tasks with
combustion products
Arsenic
Manufacturing, Metal
Refining, Agriculture
Chromium/Nickel
Mining, Smelting and
Refining of Metal, Paints
Coal Tar/Pitch
Roofing, Asphalt Laying
Formaldehyde
Manufacturing,
Hospital Disinfection
Benzene
Manufacture and use of
Paints/Glues/Chemicals,
Petrol distribution
Lindane
Wood treatment,
Agriculture
Pentachlorophenol
Wood treatment,
Agriculture,
Waste Incineration
Bladder
Bone
Brain
Breast
Colon
Esophagus
Eye
Hematolymphatic
Kidney
Larynx
Leukemia
Liver
Lung
Mesothelioma
Nasal
Nasopharynx
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Ovary
Salivary Gland
Skin
Stomach
Thyroid