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Study Links Workplace Solvent Exposure To Breast Cancer Risk, Bolstering Calls For PEL Updates


July 3, 2014 at 07:42 PM
A potentially groundbreaking new study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists that finds an apparent link between breast cancer risk and workplace solvent exposures to women before birth of their first child could add further urgency to stakeholder calls for OSHA to update worker exposure limits to the chemicals, which are ubiquitous in a wide range of occupational settings.

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