Textile industry and occupational cancer

Abstract

Background and summaryThousands of workers are engaged in textile industry worldwide. Textile industry involves the use of different kinds of dyes which are known to possess carcinogenic properties. Solvents used in these industries are also associated with different health related hazards including cancer. In previous studies on textile and iron industries, the authors have reported genotoxicity among them and observed occurrence of cancer deaths among textile industry workers. Thus, an attempt has been made to compile the studies on the prevalence of different types of cancers among textile industry workers.Literature searchA wide literature search has been done for compiling the present paper. Papers on cancer occurrence among textile industry workers have been taken from 1976 to 2015. A variety of textile dyes and solvents, many of them being carcinogenic, are being used worldwide in the textile industry. The textile industry workers are therefore, in continuous exposure to these dyes, solvents, fibre dusts and various other toxic chemicals. The present study evaluates the potential of different chemicals and physical factors to be carcinogenic agents among occupationally exposed workers by going through various available reports and researches. Papers were collected using different databases and a number of studies report the association of textile industry and different types of cancer including lung, bladder, colorectal and breast cancer. After going through the available reports, it can be concluded that workers under varied job categories in textile industries are at a higher risk of developing cancer as various chemicals used in the textile industry are toxic and can act as potential health risk in inducing cancer among them. Assessing the cancer risk at different job levels in textile industries may be found useful in assessing the overall risk to the workers and formulating the future cancer preventive strategies.

Eco-Friendly Photocatalyst Derived from Egg Shell Waste for Dye Degradation

“…en, absorbance measurement of each solution was obtained after 28 hrs. Amount of dye adsorbed and degraded at the equilibrium (q e ) was calculated by equation (2) for Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. A control experiment was conducted in parallel without the CESP.…”

“…ese could prevent penetration of sunlight into the bottom of rivers and lakes causing a decrease in dissolved oxygen content and threat to aquatic plants and animals in threat. Furthermore, dyes and degraded by-products of dyes are toxic and carcinogenic [1,2]. e removal methods available for textile dyes can be classified as physical methods, biological methods, and chemical methods [3].…”

Sustainability Assessment of Cotton-Based Textile Wet Processing

“…Annapoorani [67] in his paper identified the illnesses that the workers in wet-processing industries suffer from such as nasal, laryngeal, bladder tumor, asthma, respiratory trouble, colorectal growth, thyroid disease, nasal tumor and many more. According to Singh and Chadha [73], TWP workers handle toxic chemicals including dyes that can cause different forms of cancer in the long run [74]. Handling of direct, acid, reactive and disperse dyes from benzedine-derivatives can result in bladder cancer [72,75].…”

Introduction and Basic Concepts of Cancer

“…Workers who are engaged in textile industry are exposed to different types of dyes with carcinogenic effects and are at high risk of cancer. Furthermore, solvents used in these industries are also potent causative factor for cancer (Singh and Chadha, 2016). In addition, exposure to synthetic fiber dust for a prolonged period is also reported to cause enhanced stomach cancer risk in women (Gallagher et al, 2015).…”