Lung cancer links to diesel exposure
December 22nd, 2008
Trucking jobs, like those that will be created as Jacksonville’s port expands, appear to carry added risks of lung cancer, a new nationwide study suggests.
That risk grows incrementally each year that workers remain in jobs as drivers, loading-dock workers and other roles that involve regular exposure to diesel fumes and other pollutants, reported researchers who studied work histories of more than 31,000 Teamsters.