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Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome
Pages 580-583

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... G CONSENSUS CONCLUSIONS ARRANGED BY HEALTH OUTCOME Cancer Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship . Benzene and acute leukemia Sufficient Evidence of an Association Benzene and adult leukemia Solvents and acute leukemia Limite~Suggestive Evidence of an Association: TetrachIoroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and bladder cancer Solvents and bladder cancer TetrachIoroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and kidney cancer Organophosphorous insecticides and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Carbamates and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Benzene and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Solvents and multiple myeloma Organophosphorous insecticides and adult leukemia Solvents and adult leukemia Solvents and myelodysplastic syndromes Inad~equate/Insufficient Evidence to Determine Whether an Association Exists: · Solvents and oral, nasal, or laryngeal cancer Insecticides and pancreatic cancer Solvents other than tetrachIoroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and esophageal cancer Solvents and stomach, rectal, or pancreatic cancer Solvents other than trichIoroethylene and mixtures of benzene, toluene, and xylene and colon cancer Insecticides and solvents and hepatobiliary cancers Insecticides and lung cancer Solvents other than tetrachIoroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and lung cancer 580
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... No findings Sufficient Evidence of an Association . No findings Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association: Neurologic Effects Organophosphorous insecticide exposure with OF poisoning and long-term neurobehavioral effects (that is, abnormal results on neurobehavioral test batteries and symptom findings)
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... No findings Reproductive Effects Inadequate/iLnsufficient Evidence to Determine Whether an Association Exists: Insecticides and solvents and male or female infertility after cessation of the exposure Parental preconception exposure to insecticides or solvents and spontaneous abortion or other adverse pregnancy outcomes Parental preconception exposure to insecticides or solvents and congenital malformations Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association . No findings Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship .
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... Insecticides and solvents and irreversible cardiovascular outcomes Insecticides and solvents and persistent respiratory symptoms or impairment after cessation of exposure Solvents and alterations in liver function tests after cessation of exposure Solvents and cirrhosis Solvents and chronic pancreatitis or other persistent gastrointestinal outcomes Solvents and the systemic rheumatic diseases: scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, undifferentiated connective tissue disorders, and systemic lupus erythematosus Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association · No finding
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  • test batteries

  • lupus erythematosus
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  • undifferentiated connective
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  • organophosphorous insecticide
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  • reproductive effects
  • rheumatoid arthritis
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