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Unrecognized risks of nickel-related respiratory cancer among Canadian electrolysis workers

Author(s) -

Tom K. Grimsrud,

Aage Andersen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3274

Subject(s) - international agency , medicine , environmental health , cancer , lung cancer , occupational cancer , occupational medicine , toxicology , occupational exposure , biology

Nickel compounds, inclusive of water-soluble salts, have been classified as human carcinogens bythe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Nickel producers have disputed the classification of solublenickel compounds for three decades with reference to an alleged absence of excess respiratory cancer among Canadiannickel-exposed electrolysis workers. We evaluated historical data from two electrolytic refineries in Ontario, bothincluded in prominent Canadian reports on occupational nickel-related cancer.

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