Royal Perth Hospital launches probe into cleaning staff cancer
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26283598-948,00.html
"ROYAL Perth Hospital has launched an investigation into whether cleaning staff have contracted cancer from cleaning products used there. According to the hospital, the Miscellaneous Workers Union informed RPH that 35 current and former staff members believed they had been afflicted with cancers caused by occupational exposure to the phenol-based cleaning products prephen and phensol."
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