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OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD * USA - Health Problems that haunt long distance drivers
Commercial drivers suffer from a number of chronic illnesses at a much higher rate than the general public and are seven times more likely to die on the job than the average workerNY,USA -Reuters -15 June 2007: -- ... But as they focus on the issue, researchers are finding other health problems that haunt long distance drivers and imperil the safety of the motoring public... Some of the conditions, including heart disease and diabetes, are no surprise given the sedentary nature and stress of the job. But others are more puzzling... "Truck drivers die more frequently from prostate cancer, lung cancer, stomach and bladder cancer," says Toni Alterman, a senior research epidemiologist at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health... The excess mortality from these unexpected diseases has prompted the institute to conduct a more comprehensive study comparing truck drivers' death rates from specific causes to those of the general population. Its findings are years off.
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