Metals and Occupational Diseases

Disease Name	Caused by Compounds Containing
Toxic Neuropathy	As (inorganic); Tl; Pb; Hg
Pneumoconiosis, Other	Sb; Rare Earth Metals
Pneumoconiosis, Benign	Fe; Ba; Sn; Sb; Rare Earth Metals
Bone Cancer	Pu; Ra
Nasal Sinus Cancer	Ni; Ra
Skin Cancer	As (inorganic)
Occupational Asthma	Cr(VI); Ni
Contact Dermatitis, Allergic	Ni; Cr(VI)
Acute Tubular Necrosis	Cr(VI); U; Pb
Chronic Renal Failure	Cd; Pb

There are 73 Pb compounds in Haz-Map. Lead compounds can cause neuropathy in workers. If you look at neuropathy, you will see that this disease is linked to "Lead" rather than to all 73 Pb compounds. This was done to improve the readability of the disease page. Let's look at an example of one of the lead compounds. Lead (II) carbonate, although it has the same adverse effects as lead, is not directly linked to neuropathy, but only to the disease "Lead, subacute toxic effect." In the comments section for Lead (II) carbonate, it says, "See 'Lead' and linked occupational diseases." So, all 73 Pb compounds are indirectly linked to all the diseases listed under Lead.

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Revised: May 30, 2018

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