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Benzene related Illnesses
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
• Aplastic Anemia
• CLL Leukemia
• Lymphoma
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Exposure to Benzene?
Benzene vapors could be breathed or absorbed through the skin. Typically, leukemia and lymphoma may be caused by years of exposure or very heavy exposure.
Dangerous Occupations:
• Environmental Clean-up workers• Pipe fitters • Painters• Lab technicians• Chemical and Petrochemical plant workers• Pesticide manufacturing• Printing industry• Gasoline distribution• Oil tanker workers• Wood stain and varnish workers• Rubber production• Manufacturer of adhesives
Sources of Benzene Exposure:
• Petrochemicals• Jet Fuel• Industrial Cleaning Solvents• Degreasers• Painting Thinners & Varnishes
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Benzene related Illnesses
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
• Aplastic Anemia
• CLL Leukemia
• Lymphoma
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Exposure to Benzene?
Benzene vapors could be breathed or absorbed through the skin. Typically, leukemia and lymphoma may be caused by years of exposure or very heavy exposure.
Dangerous Occupations:
• Environmental Clean-up workers• Pipe fitters • Painters• Lab technicians• Chemical and Petrochemical plant workers• Pesticide manufacturing• Printing industry• Gasoline distribution• Oil tanker workers• Wood stain and varnish workers• Rubber production• Manufacturer of adhesives
Sources of Benzene Exposure:
• Petrochemicals• Jet Fuel• Industrial Cleaning Solvents• Degreasers• Painting Thinners & Varnishes
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The five categories of MDS are: Refractory anemia Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts Refractory anemia with excess blasts Refractory anemia in transformation to acute leukemia Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia It can take 30 years or longer for some Benzene related diseases to develop. Before 1978, high workplace concentrations were common. Children breathe more, drink more and eat more for body weight than adults. Children therefore place more Benzene into their small bodies per pound than do adults. More toxic metabolites (the chemicals found when the body breaks down Benzene) occur proportionally at lower doses than higher doses. (Henderson and Rogers, at Lovelace Inhalation-Toxicology Laboratory) Highest exposures occur in the petroleum industry: oilfields, refineries, pipelines, service stations, etc. Rubber workers have a very high incidence of AML. Tire builders washed tires with Benzene. Vinyl chloride occurs in high concentrations in rubber compounds. Vinyl chloride causes brain cancers, liver cancers (angiosarcoma) and AML. Other workers in the plastics industry experience more exposure to Benzene that leads to death. Environmental Health Perspectives, Dec. 1996, reported pilofilm workers had "a significant occurance of acute myelocytic or acute monocytic Leukemia (AML, AMLL) diseases. According to the study, AML results when workers breathe air with 1.0 parts per million of Benzene. This is dose dependent-the more Benzene, the more the Leukemia. Plywood and furniture workers have unexpected high exposure levels. The glues and adhesives contain some Benzene and also Phenols. The body breaks Benzene down into Phenols in the liver (Mary Smith, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkley). The Phenols then act on the bone marrow to produce Leukemias and related blood disorders. The bone marrow makes blood cells, so a chemical that acts on it affects the blood. |
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The five categories of MDS are: Refractory anemia Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts Refractory anemia with excess blasts Refractory anemia in transformation to acute leukemia Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
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