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Blood Cancer and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL)

At Risk Jobs / Exposure

A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Environmental risk factors include benzene, certain medical conditions, and prior exposure to chemotherapy drugs and radiation.

Benzene

Exposure in the work place to benzene may cause NHL. While benzene has been banned in the United States for over 20 years, worker are still exposed to significant amounts of benzene when working with petroleum products. Most workers come into contact with benzene by breathing it into their lungs or absorbing it through their skin when working with solvents. In the U.S. millions of workers are exposed to significant amounts of benzene every year. Even small amounts of exposure to benzene can cause cancer.

At Risk Jobs include:

Industrial plant workers who use solvents
Painters
Chemical Workers
Gasoline distribution workers
Refinery Workers
Shoe / Leather workers
Rubber Workers
Pesticide Manufacturing
Printers
Paper and Pulp
Adhesive production
Newspaper Press Workers
Synthetic Rubber Production
Truck Drivers
Barge Workers
Dock Workers
Tankermen
Offshore Workers

At Risk Exposure - anyone who works around the following:

• Industrial Solvents
• Gasoline Fumes
• Oil and Coal Emissions
• Paint

Pesticides

Herbicides

Prior Exposure to Chemotherapy Drugs and Radiation

Patients with other cancers who are treated with certain chemotherapy drugs are more likely to develop Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL). The drugs most often associated with these secondary (post-treatment) leukemia