Environmental Exposures
Your surroundings may increase your risk of cancer risk. Carcinogens – substances and exposures that can cause cancer – can be found at home, at work, and outdoors. Cigarettes and other forms of smoking fall In this category.
Another example is exposure to asbestos, a group of minerals contained in some older housing and industrial building materials, may cause mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer. People exposed to high levels of benzene (found in petrol, tobacco smoke, and pollution) are also at a higher risk of cancer.
In the atmosphere. there are many other substances which could put you at risk. Be cautious of chemicals in your house, and always take the time on the job to read the information about the chemicals with which you deal.