Client/Funder: Health and Safety Executive; Karen Elise Jensens Fund

Brief summary of work: This study seeks to understand whether or not working with styrene increases a worker's risk of cancer, with particular focus on lung cancer and cancer of the blood-forming organs.  Carried out in the UK, this research is also contributing to an internal cohort study of workers in the glass reinforced plastics industry. 

Collaborative partners: Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Manchester