[Woodcarver] Looking for info on Resin or Vinyl Chloride

[Pat Lee]

Vinyl chloride has been associated with tumours of the liver, brain, lung 
and haematolymphopoietic system [ref: 1]. A large number of epidemiological 
studies [ref: 2-12] and case reports [ref: 13-25] have substantiated the 
causal association between vinyl chloride and angiosarcoma of the liver. 
Several studies also confirm that exposure to vinyl chloride causes other 
forms of cancer, i.e., hepatocellular carcinoma [ref: 13,19,23,26], brain 
tumours [ref: 11,27], lung tumours [ref: 12,28-30] and malignancies of the 
lymphatic and haematopoietic system [ref: 11,29,31]. Exposure to polyvinyl 
chloride dust was associated with an increased incidence of lung tumours in 
one study; the authors suggested that trapped vinyl chloride monomer was 
responsible [ref: 30]. Melanoma occurred in excess in one study [ref: 12] 
but has not been mentioned in others. Slightly elevated risks for gastric 
[ref: 29] and gastrointestinal cancer (other than liver cancer) [ref: 32] 
were indicated in some studies, but these were not confirmed in others.

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