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Agent Name Leather dust
Major Category Biological Agents
Category Plant & Animal Dusts/Aerosols
Comments IARC concluded that the evidence was sufficient to classify the manufacturing and repairing of leather boots and shoes as carcinogenic in humans. Workers had a higher incidence of sinonasal cavity adenocarcinomas. Processing chemicals and leather dust are the probable causal agents. [Harber, p. 612]
Exposure Assessment
Skin Designation (ACGIH) Not evaluated
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