 | Building Materials and Health (HABITAT, 1997, 74 p.) |
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ANNEX
A list of cancer agents evaluated by IARC which are associated with building materials
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Cancer Agent |
IARC Group |
Likely Sources |
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Aldicarb |
3 |
Insecticides |
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Aldrin |
3 |
Insecticides |
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Antimony Oxide |
2B |
Some pigments, fire protection coatings |
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Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds |
1 |
Insecticides |
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Asbestos |
1 |
Manufactured asbestos based products, machining or degradation of asbestos based products |
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Benzene |
1 |
Solvents, thinners, glues, adhesives |
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Cadmium & Cadmium Compounds |
1 |
Pigments |
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Carbon Tetra chloride |
2B |
Contaminant in some chlorinated rubber coatings |
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Ceramic Fibres |
2B |
Asbestos |
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Chlordane |
2B |
Insecticides |
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Chlordimeform |
3 |
Insecticides |
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Coal-tar Pitches |
1 |
Coal tar epoxiew |
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Chromium (VI) Compounds |
1 |
Primers, paints |
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Creosote |
2A |
Insecticides |
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DDT |
2B |
Insecticide |
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3, 3’-Dichlorobenzidine |
2B |
Pigments |
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Dichloromethane Methylene Chloride |
2B |
Paint strippers |
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1,2 Dibromo-3-Chloropropane |
2B |
Soil fumigant |
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Dieldrin |
3 |
Insecticides |
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Endrin |
3 |
Insecticides |
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Epichlorohydrin |
2A |
Contaminant in some epoxy resin |
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Ethylene dibromide |
2A |
Soil fumigant |
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Formaldehyde |
2A |
Phenol - formaldehyde resins, urea - formaldehyde resins, |
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Glass Filament |
2B |
Asbestos |
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Glass Wool |
2B |
Asbestos |
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Heptachlor |
2B |
Insecticide |
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Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH) |
2B |
Insecticide |
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d-HCH (Lindane) |
2B |
Insecticide |
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Lead |
2B |
Primers, dryers, some pigments |
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Methyl parathion |
3 |
Insecticide |
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Nickel compounds |
1 |
Pigments |
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2-Nitropropane |
2A |
Organic solvent |
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Parathion |
3 |
Insecticide |
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Pentachlorophenal |
2B |
Fungicide |
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Polyurethane |
3 |
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Polyurethane Foams |
3 |
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Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) |
3 |
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Radon and its decay products |
1 |
Soil, building materials |
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Rock Wool |
2B |
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Silica (Crystalline) |
2A |
mining and quarrying activities |
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Slag Wool |
2B |
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Styrene |
2B |
Organic solvent, e.g. in some polyesters, putties and fillers |
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2, 4, 5-T |
3 |
Herbicide |
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Tetrachloroethylene |
2A |
Organic solvent for degreasing |
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Toluene |
3 |
Paints, thinners, adhesives |
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Toxaphene (polychlorinated camphenes) |
2B |
Insecticides |
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Tuluene Diisocyanate |
2B |
Some polyurethanes |
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Trichloroethane |
3 |
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Vinyl Chloride |
1 |
PVC polymerisation facilities |
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Wood Dust |
1 |
Furniture making, wood construction activities |
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Xylene |
3 |
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Trichloroethylene |
2A |
Adhesives, spot removers, paint production |
Source: WHO (1987). Air Quality Guidelines for Europe. WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 23. World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, and IARC (1995). IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. List of IARC Evaluations, Lyon, France.
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