Latent or long-term effects | Agent | Potential exposures |
Chronic dyspnea |
| Asbestos, silica, beryllium, coal, aluminum, nylon flock | Mining, insulation, pipefitting, sandblasting, quarrying, metal alloy work, aircraft or electrical parts, nylon flocking industry |
- Chronic bronchitis, emphysema
| Cotton dust, cadmium coal dust, organic solvents, cigarettes | Textile industry, battery production, soldering, mining, solvent use |
Lung cancer | Asbestos, arsenic, uranium, coke oven emission, nickel carbonyl, diesel exhaust | Mining insulation, pipefitting, smelting, coke ovens, shipyard work, nickel refining, uranium mining |
Bladder cancer | Beta-naphthylamine, benzidine dyes | Dye industry, leather, rubber working, chemists |
Lung cancer | Lead | |
Peripheral neuropathy | Lead, arsenic, n-hexane, methyl n-butylketone, acrylamide, 1-bromoproane | Battery production, plumbing, smelting, painting, shoemaking, solvent use, insecticides, vapor degreasing, spray adhesives |
Behavioral changes | Lead, carbon disulfide, manganese, mercury, thallium | Battery makers, smelting, viscose rayon industry, degreasing, manufacture/repair of scientific instruments, dental amalgam work, mining, ceramics |
Extrapyramidal syndrome | Carbon disulfide, manganese, carbon monoxide over exposure | Viscose rayon industry, steel production, battery production, foundry, mining |
Aplastic anemia, leukemia | Benzene, ionizing radiation | Chemists, furniture refinishing, cleaning, degreasing, radiation work |
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma | Glyphosate (probably carcinogenic-IARC) | Farming, landscaping application of herbicides (weed killer) |
Chronic kidney disease | Lead | |