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Toxicant and Disease Database

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Gallbladder cancer

Causes    Grouped by strength of evidence

Good Evidence

thorium dioxide (Thorostat)

Limited Evidence

benzene

DDT/DDE

dinitrotoluenes

organochlorine pesticides

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), not otherwise specified

Notes

^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC). In addition to individual pesticides listed, exposure to pesticides by applicators, manufacturers and agricultural workers has been associated with gallbladder ca. In these situations, the individual is exposed to mixtures of pesticides or different pesticides at different times and a correlation between individual pesticides and disease can not be made.