Feds apparently disregarded toxic links to illnesses

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/22/feds-apparently-disregarded-toxic-links-illnesses/

 

The U.S. Department of Labor says it can find "no known" link between toxic exposure and at least 77 medical conditions. Sick workers have come to call this the "no pay" list. But the Rocky Mountain News found that at least seven of those listed diseases actually have "good" or "strong" evidence linking them to toxic substances. <snip>

Breast Cancer: Strong evidence of a link to radiation, PCBs, solvents;

Diabetes: Strong evidence of link to arsenic; good evidence of a link to dioxins;

Gallbladder cancer: Good evidence of link to thorium dioxide; limited evidence of a link to benzene, PCBs;

Pancreatic cancer: Good evidence of a link to radiation, solvents, PCBs;

Prostate cancer: Good evidence of a link to solvents, aromatic amines, methyl bromide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons;

Rheumatoid arthritis: Strong evidence of silica; Limited evidence of solvents;

Salivary gland cancer: Strong evidence of a link to radiation.