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formaldehyde

CAS number: 50-00-0

Diseases linked to this toxicant Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence Adult-onset leukemias Contact dermatitis - allergic Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer	Good Evidence Asthma - allergen, sensitizer Autoimmune antibodies (positive ANA, anti-DNA, RF, etc.) Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth) Menstrual disorders (abnormal bleeding, short cycles, long cycles, irregular cycles, painful periods) Porphyria (toxic) Pulmonary edema Reduced fertility - female (infertility and subfertility)	Limited Evidence Cirrhosis Immune suppression Laryngeal cancer Lung cancer Melanoma (skin cancer) Nephrotic syndrome Pancreatic cancer Sinusoidal cancer

References

Hauptmann M, Lubin JH, Stewart PA, Hayes RB, Blair A. Mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies among workers in formaldehyde industries. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2003 Nov 5;95(21):1615-23.

Holly EA, Aston DA, Ahn DK, Smith AH. Intraocular melanoma linked to occupations and chemical exposures. Epidemiology. 1996 Jan;7(1):55-61.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs. Accessed in 2010.

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Leikin JB, Davis A et al. Selected topics related to occupational exposures. Part IV. Occupational liver disease. Disease-a-Month. 2000 Apr;46(4):296-310.

Maves MD. Epidemiologic studies of environmental agents and systemic autoimmune diseases. Environmental Health Perspectives. 1999 Oct;107 Suppl 5:743-8.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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Information in this database was originally drawn from these texts:

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
LaDou J. Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.
Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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