Open AccessUnrecognized risks of nickel-related respiratory cancer among Canadian electrolysis workers
Author(s) -
Tom Kristian 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 , environmental health , cancer , medicine , lung cancer , occupational cancer , refinery , nickel sulfide , nickel , toxicology , occupational exposure , waste management , chemistry , engineering , biology , organic chemistry
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.