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TGIC powder coatings and cancer cases

Has anyone come across any cases of cancer believed to have been caused by exposure to TGIC /other chemicals used in the last 10 years in the production of powder coatings?

Samantha Thomas
Lawyer - Swansea, UK
2004

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Hi Samantha,

TGIC is not classed as a carcinogen, it is classed as a mutagen (category 2), also as Toxic, Irritant, Sensitising and Dangerous for the environment. (See www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/eis15.pdf)

I do not know of any cases that have come to court in the UK, however this does not mean there has not been any.

Hope this helps

Drew Devlin
- Lincolnshire, UK
2004

Try a lookup at: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ or http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Chem/ChemMain.html

Tom Gallant
- Long Beach, California, USA
2004