What kind of harsh chemicals may cause skin cancer?
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at
5:28 pm
Diana M asked:
I use to work at Good Tire Rubber Company making ‘belts’ for commerical use. I was a mixer and used alot of harsh chemicals. I now have Basal Cell Cancer, which is typically caused by the sun. I am more interested in could the chemicals that we would use at Goodyear be the cause of my skin cancer?
I use to work at Good Tire Rubber Company making ‘belts’ for commerical use. I was a mixer and used alot of harsh chemicals. I now have Basal Cell Cancer, which is typically caused by the sun. I am more interested in could the chemicals that we would use at Goodyear be the cause of my skin cancer?
Tagged with: Basal Cell • Belts • Goodyear
Filed under: Skin Cancer
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Chemicals
Contact with a number of different chemicals can increase your risk of non-melanoma skin cancer. These are
Coal tar
Soot
Pitch
Asphalt
Creosote
Paraffin wax
Petroleum products
Arsenic
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