|
Industry
|
Chemical/ likely chemical
|
Cancer type
|
Relative risk range
|
|
Chromate production
|
Hexavalent chromium
|
Respiratory (mostly lung)
|
2 - 80
|
|
Chromium pigment production
|
Hexavalent chromium
|
Respiratory (mostly lung)
|
1.4 - 67
|
|
Chromium plating
|
Hexavalent chromium
|
Respiratory (mostly lung)
|
1.4 - 4.3
|
|
Ferrochromium production
|
Hexavalent chromium
|
Respiratory (mostly lung)
|
1.0 - 6.6
|
|
Nickel refining
|
Various nickel compounds
|
Lung
|
0.9 - 12.4
|
|
Nickel refining
|
Various nickel compounds
|
Nasal sinuses
|
131 - 782
|
|
Beryllium production
|
Various beryllium compounds
|
Lung
|
1.25 - 2.86
|
|
Nickel/cadmium battery production
|
Cadmium oxide, nickel compounds
|
Lung
|
1.0 - 1.5
|
|
Cadmium recovery
|
Cadmium compounds
|
Lung
|
0.3 - 4.7
|
|
Asbestos cement production
|
Chrysotile asbestos
|
Lung
|
0.91 - 1.58
|
|
Asbestos mining and milling
|
Chrysotile asbestos
|
Lung
|
1.39
|
|
Asbestos textile manufacture
|
Chrysotile asbestos
|
Lung
|
1.97
|
|
Friction material production
|
Chrysotile asbestos
|
Lung
|
0.93 - 1.49
|
|
Mixed asbestos product production
|
Chrysotile asbestos
|
Lung
|
1.86 - 5.3
|
|
Manufacture
|
Mixed amphibole asbestos
|
Lung
|
0.53 - 8.44
|
|
Manufacture
|
Amosite
|
Lung
|
6.29
|
|
Insulation
|
Mixed amphibole asbestos
|
Lung
|
2.38 - 7.0
|
|
Ship yards
|
Mixed amphibole asbestos
|
Lung
|
0.84 - 3.07
|
Please
note that since the exposure levels (and even the chemical entities of
the exposure) vary between different studies and different industries,
these figures do not give any indication of the carciogenic potency of
the chemicals. They simply describe observed cancer risks. The figures
in the 4th column give the relative risk of the exposed populations
when the risk of a non exposed population is 1.
