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External Agents Important for Cancer Control

The following table summarizes the important occupational and industrial chemical exposures that carry a risk for cancer.

Exposure Chemical Site of Cancer
Insecticide spraying Arsenic Skin
Nickel refining Nickel Paranasal Sinuses
Chromium plating Chromium Lung
Shale oil production Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons Scrotum
Vinyl chloride production Vinyl Chloride Liver
Gas retort work naphthylamine Bladder
Tire manufacturing Benzene Leukemia

(From WHO, National Cancer Control Programmes, 1995)

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