Cancer history on environment-cancer relationship
Actually, "soot wart" was identified by Percival Pott in 1775. It is the first reported occupational cancer (it is a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum). It was shown in 1922 that an active ingredient of coal soot was a carcinogen. I'm not sure of an expansive, technical text on environmental cancers, but you may want to check out 
"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" which covers the origins of man's understanding of cancer starting with the ancient Greeks, progressing to mention Percival Pott, and then moving on to modern day science and medicine. This book won the Pulitzer in nonfiction a few years ago and is well worth your time.