Formaldehyde: A Cause of Leukemia?

Posted on December 8, 2009 by David Oliver
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In a new article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute an association between embalming, as a proxy for exposure to formaldehyde, and myeloid leukemia was found to be strong, significant and dose dependent. In coming days we'll be discussing the controversial claim of a causal link between leukemia and formaldehyde and IARC's recent musings about it.

The article is Mortality From Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies and Brain Cancer Among Embalmers Exposed to Formaldehyde .

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