Biomedical Waste Management, Disaster Management, Occupational Health, Genetics and Health, Mental Health
Nearly 3/4th of occupational cancers are:
1. Nearly 75% of occupational cancers are skin cancers
2. First attention was drawn by Percival Pott to cancer of scrotum in chimney sweepers
3. Occupational skin cancers are predominantly' squamous cell carcinomas'
4. Only characteristic feature of occupational skin cancers their occurrence on exposed parts of the body (head, neck, hands, arms) that have remained in direct contact with a carcinogenic source
5. Carcinogens implicated in occupational skin cancers include UV light, ionizing radiation, coal products, petroleum products, lubricating oils, fuel oils, etc.