title: Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 5th Edition
author: Gloria J. Hathaway
description: (this book) is a bit of a rare beast in that it isactually an easy-to-read reference book written in a narrativeform. (<i>Health &amp; Safety at Work</i>, July 2005)
zlib_text: COKE OVEN EMISSIONS* 
  First Listed in the Second Annual Report on Carcinogens 
  CARCINOGENICITY
  Coke oven emissions are known to be human carcinogens based on sufficient evidence of 
  carcinogenicity in humans (IARC 1984, 1987). Epidemiologic studies have shown increased 
  incidences of lung cancer in humans exposed to coke oven emissions. Mortality studies have
  demonstrated increases in lung and genitourinary system cancer among coke oven workers. An
  IARC Working Group also stated that there is limited evidence that such occupational exposures
  induce cancer of the kidney and that there is inadequate evidence for intestinal and pancreatic
  cancer (IARC 1984). EPA estimated that 1.5 to 16 lung cancer deaths per year are associated 
  with exposure to coke oven emissions (Chem. Eng. News 1984). 
  An IARC Working Group reported that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity of 
  coke oven emissions in experimental animals (IARC 1984, 1987). When administered topically,
  coke oven emissions i