Table 4

The most common carcinogen exposures (in thousands) by country in 1990–3

Agent	A	B	D	DK	E	F	FIN	GB	GR	I	IRL	L	NL	P	S
Solar radiation	240	200	2400	180	1100	1500	180	1300	460	560	110	14	290	370	240
Tobacco smoke, environmental	180	190	2000	100	670	1200	110	1300	170	770	58	11	350	210	210
Silica, crystalline	100	74	1000	59	400	110	83	590	87	280	29	7	170	83	86
Diesel exhaust	79	67	720	71	270	410	39	470	79	550	21	4	110	73	81
Radon	72	86	820	0	280	520	49	560	66	38	24	4	0	92	99
Wood dust	82	55	680	51	400	180	65	430	51	320	18	4	95	86	84
Lead and its compounds	37	30	460	23	100	140	13	250	24	290	9	3	49	33	35
Benzene	49	21	470	49	90	70	14	300	35	190	11	2	43	43	34
Asbestos	15	10	160	9	57	140	7	95	15	680	6	1	14	16	12
Ethylene dibromide	46	17	440	27	81	10	12	280	33	170	10	2	19	40	31
Formaldehyde	17	16	130	90	71	310	11	94	10	180	3	0.6	16	36	11
PAH	19	17	210	13	55	120	6	110	13	350	4	2	26	21	18
Glasswool	23	19	250	14	92	130	12	140	17	150	6	2	34	19	20
Tetrachloroethylene	19	12	210	11	47	140	3	120	14	180	5	1	21	21	16
Chromium (VI) compounds	18	19	260	25	57	70	10	130	10	130	5	1	29	21	21
Sulphuric acid mist	7	10	100	4	20	380	2	42	3	120	2	1	10	5	8
Nickel compounds	12	15	200	11	43	50	8	85	6	79	3	1	19	12	17
Styrene	6	10	110	36	28	50	3	54	4	66	2	0.5	12	7	9
Methylene chloride	2	3	29	23	7	60	1	15	1	130	1	0.2	3	3	2
Trichloroethylene	2	2	33	7	6	110	1	16	1	90	1	0.1	3	2	2
Total, exposures	1100	910	11100	880	4000	6000	650	6600	1100	5600	330	63	1400	1200	1100
Total, exposed workers	790	730	8300	680	3100	4900	510	5000	910	4200	260	48	1100	970	820
Exposed/employed (%)	25	21	24	24	25	23	24	22	27	24	24	25	17	24	20

A=Austria; B=Belgium; D=Germany; DK=Denmark; E=Spain; F=France; FIN=Finland; GB=Great Britain; GR=Greece; I=Italy; IRL=Ireland; L=Luxembourg; NL=The Netherlands; P=Portugal; S=Sweden.