Vinyl Chloride Exposure Cancer

If a water supply is contaminated vinyl chloride can enter household air when the water is used for showering cooking or laundry.

Vinyl chloride exposure cancer.

Bofetta p matisane l mundt ka dell ld. Vinyl chloride is used to make polyvinyl chloride pvc. Scand j work environ health. Vinyl chloride is a deadly toxic chemical despite industry s repeated attempts to hide the threats.

Meta analysis of studies of occupational exposure to vinyl chloride in relation to cancer mortality. About 13 billion kilograms are produced annually. One man from a plant in louisville kentucky developed angiosarcoma a rare cancer in his liver. Vinyl chloride is a toxic cancer causing chemical that is used to make pvc.

Exposure to vinyl chloride occurs mainly in the workplace. Meta analysis of studies of occupational exposure to vinyl chloride in relation to cancer mortality. The schmidt firm pllc is currently accepting vinyl chloride induced injury cases in all 50 states. Vinyl chloride exposure is associated with an increased risk of a rare form of liver cancer hepatic angiosarcoma as well as brain and lung cancers.

Vinyl chloride is classified as group 1 carcinogen by the iarc meaning it is seen as a definite cause of cancer in humans. Breathing vinyl chloride for long periods of time can result in permanent liver damage immune reactions nerve damage and liver cancer. Over 40 years ago the u s. Scand j work environ health.

What you can do how we can help. Centers for disease control and prevention cdc published an intensive study of the health dangers of a chemical plastics plant. The review determined vinyl chloride vc monomer was a causative agent of the deadly cancer angiosarcoma. Occupational exposure to vinyl chloride acrylonitrile and styrene and lung cancer risk.

European journal of cancer prevention. Lawsuits and class actions have recently ended in multi million dollar settlements for vinyl chloride exposure. Boffetta p matisane l mundt ka dell ld. Primary exposure to vinyl chloride occurs through inhalation.

Cancer gov osha iarc cdc. Prolonged exposure can cause cancer in the liver brain blood and lungs. Breathing high levels of vinyl chloride for short periods of time can cause dizziness sleepiness unconsciousness and at extremely high levels can cause death. Scelo g constantinescu v csiki i zaridze d et al.

The cancer is thought to be caused by exposure to vinyl chloride and other toxins. Which cancers are associated with exposure to vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride a chemical known to cause cancer poisons the air breathed by workers and people living in contaminated communities. Occupational exposure to vinyl chloride and cancer risk.

Later in the 1960s workers exposed to vinyl chloride presented different types of cancer.