The list of carcinogens as prioritised by Fernandez et al33
| Agent group | Agent |
|---|---|
| Combustion products (3) | Diesel engine exhaust |
| Environmental tobacco smoke | |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)* | |
| Inorganic dusts (2) | Asbestos |
| Crystalline silica dust | |
| Organic dusts (2) | Leather dust |
| Wood dust | |
| Metals (7) | Arsenic and inorganic arsenic compounds |
| Beryllium and beryllium compounds | |
| Cadmium and cadmium compounds | |
| Chromium (VI) compounds | |
| Cobalt metal and tungsten carbide | |
| Inorganic lead compounds | |
| Nickel compounds | |
| Radiation (4) | Artificial ultraviolet radiation (UVA, UVB, UVC) |
| Ionising radiation† | |
| Radon-222 and its decay products | |
| Solar radiation | |
| Other industrial chemicals (19) | Acid mists, strong inorganic |
| Acrylamide | |
| α-chlorinated toluenes‡ | |
| Benzene | |
| 1,3-butadiene | |
| Diethyl sulfate | |
| Dimethyl sulfate | |
| Epichlorhydrin | |
| Ethylene oxide | |
| Formaldehyde | |
| Glycidol | |
| 4,4′-methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA) | |
| N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethylamine | |
| ortho-Toluidine (2-aminotoluene) | |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)§ | |
| Styrene-7,8-oxide | |
| Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) | |
| Trichloroethylene | |
| Vinyl chloride | |
| Non-chemical agents (1) | Shiftwork that involves circadian disruption |
*Includes benzo[a]pyrene, coal-tar pitch, creosotes, cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, dibenz[a,l]pyrene, frying emission from high temperatures, mineral oils (treated or mildly treated), soots.
†Fission products including strontium-90, ionising radiation (all types), neutron radiation, phosphorus-32 as phosphate, radioiodines including iodine-13, internally deposited α- and β-emitting radionuclides, x- and γ-radiation, and radium-224, radium-226, radium-228, thorium-232 and their decay products.
‡Includes benzal chloride, benzotrichloride, benzyl chloride and benzoyl chloride.
§Includes 3,4,5,3′,4′-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB-126).