Painters at bladder cancer risk
PAINTERS are at a significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer, claims a new study.
The likelihood of developing the condition increases the longer a person works as a professional painter, researchers found.
Scientists based their analysis on almost 3,000 cases of bladder cancer arising in professional painters, reported in 41 separate studies.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, who carried out the research estimates that bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide, with more than 330,000 new cases diagnosed every year and an annual death toll of 130,000.
A key risk factor for the disease is smoking, and painters were found to be exposed to some of the same chemicals that are found in cigarette smoke, including aromatic amines.
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