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From: Chemical Hazards Handbook
Section: 2 Chemicals and Chemistry - Toxicity - Toxic effects - Skin -
Skin cancer

The final, and most potentially serious, kinds of skin disease are neoplasms (growths). These may be benign or cancerous. Discovery of skin cancer of the scrotums of chimney sweeps in London in 1775 by Sir Percival Potts was the first recorded case of occupational cancer.

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