Chemicals/toxins

Chemicals/toxins: Exposure to chemicals as a disease risk factor.
Introduction: Exposures to chemical or other toxins can clearly create risks for medical conditions. Numerous industrial chemicals, minerals, pesticides or pollutants are associated with disease. See also risks for alcohol, caffeine and smoking.

Condition count: 16; see list of conditions below.
Related risk factors: food (38), water (29), caffeine (2), smoking (61), alcohol (36), radiation (23)

Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

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Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Chemicals/toxins' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

• Asbestosis ... asbestos dust, asbestos mining

B

• Bladder Cancer ... arsenic

C

• Cancer ... Certain chemicals, Toxins

E

• Esophagus Cancer ... Swallowed irritants

G

• Gout ... lead poisoning

K

• Kidney Cancer ... asbestos

L

• Lead poisoning ... lead soldering, lead in soil, lead plumbing, lead-glazed pottery containers, lead petrol
• Leukemia ... certain chemicals, Benzene
• Lung cancer ... Asbestos, Radon

M

• Mesothelioma ... crocidolite
• Multiple Myeloma ... certain chemicals

N

• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... certain fertilizers, certain solvents, certain chemicals, certain pesticides

P

• Pancreatic cancer ... certain chemicals
• Pneumoconiosis ... iron oxide, industrial dust, coal miners, beryllium, barium, tin

S

• Silicosis ... silica dust
• Stomach cancer ... certain fumes

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Maternal age

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