Healthacker.com » lung cancer http://www.healthacker.com Health and wellness for geeks Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:50:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Truckers at Risk for Lung Cancer http://www.healthacker.com/2008/12/10/truckers-at-risk-for-lung-cancer/ http://www.healthacker.com/2008/12/10/truckers-at-risk-for-lung-cancer/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:20:21 +0000 Johnny http://www.healthacker.com/?p=794 In a recent study, trucking company drivers who were exposed on a regular basis to diesel exhaust, are at a higher risk for lung cancer.

The study, which was based on 31,135 drivers, has found that workers who do short deliveries and pickups had the highest rate of deaths as well as diseases.

Dockworkers are also at a high risk of exposure since they are constantly in the elements and exposed to diesel.

Do you have family members in these trades?  Will this study affect their employment decisions in the future?

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