What is Myelodysplastic Syndrome? Myelodysplastic syndromes occur where a group of poorly formed blood cells do not function properly, and therefore there are not enough healthy blood cells in the body. These syndromes happen as a result of bone marrow […]

Due to their workplace exposures to toxins, railroad workers are at elevated risk for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  Acute Myeloid Leukemia is an aggressive bone marrow cancer that can also be found in the blood. In this cancer, cells that […]

Some of our railroad clients have estimated that in the 1970’s and 1980’s, upwards of 75% of the railroad work force smoked cigarettes. Many non-smoking railroad employees endured decades of secondhand smoke exposures.  There was smoking in shanties, cabooses, locomotive […]

Many studies have found that certain railroad exposures increases one’s risk of multiple myeloma. Some of these substances include benzene, petroleum, organic solvents, formaldehyde, and herbicides and pesticides.  Because of their regular exposures to these products over their long careers, […]

Many railroad workers are at elevated risk for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  Why is that?  Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is caused by exposures to benzene and herbicides.  There is benzene in diesel exhaust, and most railroad workers endure decades of diesel exhaust exposures. Benzene […]