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Toxicant and Disease Database

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Bone cancer/Ewings sarcoma

Causes    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

radium

Good Evidence

pesticides

Limited Evidence

benzene

beryllium

fluoride

PAHs

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), not otherwise specified

vinyl chloride

Notes

+ - Group 1 human carcinogen (IARC) Pesticide exposure in farmers and other occupations where diverse exposures to mixtures of pesticides can occur has been associated with sarcomas. In these studies, individual pesticides cannot be identified. Parental occupational exposure to pesticides has been associated with Ewing's sarcoma.