Index of 53 Occupational Disease

Caused by Workplace Chemical and Biological Agents

1. Occupational Asthma: Haz-Map
2. Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive: Haz-Map; familydoctor.org: Chronic Bronchitis
3. Irritant-Induced Asthma (or "RADS" for Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome): Medscape: Irritant-Induced Asthma
4. Byssinosis: OSHA: Cotton Dust; Medical College of Wisconsin: Byssinosis
5. Vocal cord dysfunction, irritant-associated
6. Bronchiolitis obliterans
7. Occupational Rhinitis

8. Irritant Contact Dermatitis (ICD): CCOHS: Irritant Contact Dermatitis
9. Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD): Haz-Map
10. Contact Urticaria: Haz-Map
11. Photo-Allergic & Photo-Irritant Contact Dermatitis (PACD & PICD): ATSDR: Creosote; Haz-Map
12. Oil Acne & Chloracne: ATSDR: PCBs; CCOHS: Occupational Acne

NIOSH: Pneumonicoses; National Jewish Medical & Research Center: Interstitial Lung Diseases
13. Silicosis: OSHA: Silica; NIOSH: Worker Exposure to Silica During Hydraulic Fracturing
14. Asbestosis: OSHA: Asbestos
15. Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP): NIOSH: Occupational Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust
16. Pneumoconioses, Other: Haz-Map
17. Pneumoconioses, Benign: Chronic exposure to radiopaque iron oxide, tin, and barium can cause opacities visible on the chest x-ray without any apparent symptoms or detectable changes in pulmonary function.
18. Hard Metal Disease: PubMed Abstracts on Hard Metal Disease
19. Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD): National Jewish Medical & Research Center: Chronic Beryllium Disease; PubMed Abstracts on CBD
20. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP): Haz-Map

21. Occupational Bone Diseases: Osteonecrosis (decompression), acro-osteolysis (vinyl chloride), osteomalacia (cadmium) & skeletal fluorosis (fluorides);; PubMed Abstract: Occupational fluorosis through 50 years: clinical and epidemiological experiences
22. Occupational Eye Diseases: Includes "Cataract, chemical or radiation induced";
23. Reproductive Hazards: Birth Defects, Female Infertiltiy, Male Infertility, and Spontaneous Abortions; NIOSH: Reproductive Health; OSHA: Reproductive Hazards
24. Chronic Toxic Encephalopathy: PubMed Abstract: Neurotoxic syndromes and occupational exposure to solvents
25. Peripheral Neuropathy: C: Carbon Disulfide; L: Lead; A: Arsenic, Acrylamide Exposure During Chemical Grouting Operations; M: Mercury; N: N-hexane; O: Organophosphates; T: Thallium; E: Ethylene Oxide is used for cold sterilization of surgical supplies in hospitals; a carcinogen, it is acutely toxic to the lung and peripheral nervous system.
26. Aplastic Anemia: OSHA: Benzene; ATSDR: Benzene
27. Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Secondary: CCOHS: Raynaud's Phenomenon
28. Chronic Renal Disease: Haz-Map; After Acute Tubular Necrosis (caused by numerous agents);; Chronic Tubulointerstitial nephropathy (caused by lead, cadmium, and beryllium); Nephrotic Syndrome (caused by mercury)

Revised May 30, 2018

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