Acrylonitrile is used in the rubber and plastic production and textile industries. Workers who may be affected by acrylonitrile can include acrylic resin makers, synthetic organic chemist and synthetic fibre and textile makers.

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Arsenic is used for timber preservation and pest control and in the agriculture, chemical, metallurgical, copper, zinc and lead smelting industries. Workers who may be affected by arsenic can include wood treatment operators, pest management technicians, farmers, factory workers, metal workers, pot room attendants and maintenance staff.

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Asbestos has been used in the following industries: building, renovation and demolition (domestic and commercial), automotive, power stations, railways, ships and brickworks. Workers who may be affected by asbestos can include asbestos removalists, mechanics, power station workers, plumbers, fitters, navy fitters or engineers, builders, electricians, air conditioning and computer cabling installers, plasterers and painters.

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Benzene is used in the petroleum industry, motor vehicle repair, chemical manufacture of styrene, styrene polymers and phenol and steel production. Workers who may be affected by benzene can include refinery workers, tanker drivers and service station attendants, motor mechanics, chemical plant workers, coke oven by-product workers and firefighters.

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Cadmium is used in the zinc, lead and smelting, battery, electroplating, pigment manufacturing, and metal fabrication industries. Workers who may be affected by cadmium can include pot room attendants in aluminium plants and maintenance staff, electroplaters, artists and textile production workers, welders and joiners.

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Chromium is used in the cement, pigment manufacturing and textiles, electroplating and metallurgical industries. Workers who may be affected by chromium can include painters, electroplaters, welders, metal workers and workers in the building industry.

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Creosote is used for timber preservation and for treated timber repair and installation work, in aluminium smelters and coke or gas manufacturing plants. Workers who may be affected by creosote can include timber treatment workers, carpenters, railway and construction workers, pot room attendants in aluminium plants and maintenance staff and coke oven workers.

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Fluoride is used in aluminium smelters, water treatment and electroplating industries. Workers who may be affected by fluoride can include pot room attendants in aluminium smelters and maintenance staff, water treatment plant operators and electroplaters.

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Isocyanate is used in the automotive, insulation construction, furniture and timber floor finishing industries. Workers who may be affected by isocyanates can include spray painters and sanders, furniture and mattress factory workers and floor sanders.

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Lead is used in the vehicle battery industry, sanding lead paint on pre 1970s buildings, containers or bridges and in the radiator repair industry. Workers who may be affected by lead can include factory workers, secondary smelter workers, painters and radiator repair workers.

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Mercury is used in the manufacture of laboratory and medical instruments and mercury amalgams, in the electrical, mining and oil and gas industries. Workers who may be affected by mercury can include hospital staff and instrument technicians, electricians, dentists, miners, refinery and oil industry workers.

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Methyl bromide is used in the quarantine and pre-shipment fumigation industries as well as mining and horticulture. Workers who may be affected by methyl bromide can include pest control workers, fumigation contractors, farmers and miners.

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MOCA is used for the manufacture of polyurethane products. Workers who may be affected by MOCA can include factory workers.

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Organophosphate pesticides are used in the horticulture and agriculture industries as well as pesticide manufacture and pest control. Workers who may be affected by organophosphate pesticides can include orchardist and gardeners, farmers, pest management technicians and factory workers.

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Pentachlorophenol or PCP is used as a preservative against timber destroying fungi and sap stain moulds, it also has an effect against some timber-boring insects and termites. Workers may be exposed to PCP in occupational settings through inhalation of contaminated workplace air and dermal contact with the compound or with wood products treated with the compound. Workers who may be affected by Pentachlorophenol can include saw mill workers and timber workers.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAH are used in aluminium smelters, petroleum refineries and in bitumen processing and road paving. Workers who may be affected by PAH can include carbon anode plant operators in aluminium smelters, maintenance and refinery workers, coke oven workers and road workers.

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Silica is used in the mining, quarrying, earthmoving, excavation and drilling industries as well as construction, brick making, stone cutting or sculpting and the abrasive blasting and foundry casting industries. Workers who may be affected by silica can include miners, quarry workers and truck drivers, stonemasons, bricklayers, abrasive blasters and foundry workers.

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Thallium is used in the semi conductor, optical systems and nuclear medicine imaging industries. Workers who may be affected by thallium can include plant operators in the semiconductor industry and workers manufacturing thallium isotopes for medical use.

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Vinyl chloride is used in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride. Workers who clean autoclaves may be affected by vinyl chloride.

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