The incidence of breast cancer is often associated with geographic variation which indicates
that a person's surrounding environment can be an important etiological factor in cancer …

A review of the literature published on the genotoxicity of industrial wastes and effluents
using short-term genetic bioassays is presented in this document. The importance of this …

Background Over the years, there have been regular reports in the media of work‐related
symptoms among employees at sewage treatment plants. Concern has spread among …

Sewage worker is routinely exposed to sewage or sewage sludge containing various
biological and chemical irritants such as toxic gases, pathogens, genotoxic agents and …

ABSTRACT Nineteen Sewage Treatment Workers (STWs) exposed to industrial sewage that
contained benzene, toluene, and other organic solvents at a primary sewage treatment plant …

Background Sewage workers are exposed to multiple chemicals among which many are
suspected genotoxicants. Therefore, they might incur DNA damage and oxidative stress. We …

Municipal sewage treatment plant workers are potentially exposed to a multitude of
industrial chemicals and pathogenic microorga nisms. A questionnaire survey of working …

Workers of solid-waste incinerators are exposed to a variety of pollutants such as dioxins,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. It has been shown that the emissions …

In this study, postural stability was measured with a microcomputer-based force platform as
an indirect assessment of central nervous system effect in 28 sewer workers (age range 23.4 …

To study the incidence of and mortality from cancer among sewage workers a retrospective
analysis was performed on a cohort of 656 men employed for at least one year at any one of …