Workplace Toxic Exposure

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Gerald J. Williams
Mark R. Cuker
Esther E. Berezofsky
Samuel Abloeser
Wendy Carr
Alan H. Sklarsky

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Cancer strikes many workers who work with hazardous chemicals without proper warnings or protective equipment. Among the many workplace chemicals known to cause cancer are:

Benzene
Benzidene based dyes
Beryllium
Vinyl Chloride
Chromium-hexavalent
Coal Tar Pitch
N-nitroso dimethylamine
Trichloroethylene
Ethylene oxide

For a complete list of workplace carcinogens see www.cdc.gove/NIOSH/npotocca.

The companies which make and sell these chemicals have a duty to make sure the workers are warned about the dangers and can protect themselves against them. Through the years, we have represented hundreds of workers exposed to hazardous chemicals. These include not only chemical carcinogens, but also chemicals which cause other serious diseases such as those listed below:

CONDITION		CAUSED BY
Bronchiolitis/obliterans (popcorn workers’ lung)		Food Flavoring, certain metals and other chemicals
Hormonal disruption and sexual dysfunctions		Cadmium/ethylene oxide
Occupational asthma		Industrial fluids and vapors, gasoline
Stillbirths/miscarriages		Solvent exposure including xylene

If you or someone close to you has a serious disease you think comes from workplace exposure, contact us here.