Sentences with phrase «occupational exposure cases»
I can tell you — occupational exposure cases are rarely simple.
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Michele Carbone, senior author on the study, states «further research is needed, including epidemiological, geological, mineralogical and health - based personal exposure studies in order to characterize the residential and occupational history of the malignant mesothelioma cases we studied, to highlight the highest risk areas within Clark and Nye counties, to identify the type of fibrous minerals and their precise distribution throughout Nevada, and to identify the activities responsible for the release of fibers in the air, which may be the cause of some of the malignant mesothelioma in this region.»
Occupational exposure to dust and certain disorders, such as lupus, cause some cases of the disease.
The WHO's argument rests on epidemiological evidence from industrial and occupational exposure, populations that have been exposed to 10 - 1000 times the concentrations of TCDD compared to the general population.4 While admitting the absence of a strong case for the elevation of any specific cancer, they have compiled four major cohort studies to find a 40 percent increased risk for all cancers combined for «highly exposed» workers, the definition of which differed between studies.
However, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has revealed that 90 % of all skin cancer cases could be prevented if exposure to UV rays were controlled.
Indeed, it is estimated that occupational asbestos exposure has led to 5 - 7 % of the lung cancer cases in the United States.
Occupational asbestos exposure was prevalent and accounts for 70 percent to 80 percent of all documented cases of malignant mesothelioma.
In both cases the exposure had been found to be small and the appellants were the sole known sources of occupational exposure of the respondents (S and W) in each case.
This does not mean that evidence of relevant historical exposures followed by a statistically significant cluster of cases will, on its own, always suffice to support a finding that a worker's breast cancer was caused by an occupational disease.
In reference to criminal prosecution cases, we deal with all types of incidents including falls from height, trench collapses, electrocutions, collisions between plant and collisions between plant and pedestrians, overturning plant, crane collapses, incidents involving machinery and guarding, exposure to noxious gases and legionella cases as well as occupational health cases e.g. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.