A new study called Cancer Mortality of Workers Exposed to Styrene in the US Reinforced Plastics and Composite Industry
published by the Styrene Information and Research Center (SIRC), shows nearly 16,000 styrene-exposed workers in the U.S. composites industry have “no credible evidence that styrene exposure increases risk from cancers of the lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue, pancreas, or lung.”
“This study, published by the prestigious journal, Epidemiology, is further evidence that the NTP’s 12th Report on Carcinogens listing styrene as a ‘reasonably anticipated carcinogen’ is based on flawed science,” says ACMA Chief Staff Executive Tom Dobbins.
Thanks in part to the work of the ACMA and other groups, there is now Congressional support for a National Academy of Sciences peer review of NTP’s findings.
Jack Snyder, executive director of SIRC explained that these new findings are based on 60 years worth of epidemiology data on cancer risks associated with workers exposed to high levels of styrene.
This new study and it’s findings completely undermines a previous report by the U.S. National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) on styrene as a carcinogen in its 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC).
