Duffy Mitchell has cut fibreglass, slathered epoxy resin and twisted rubber hoses at his boat repair shop in Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, the United States for more than a dozen years.
He faces a heightened risk of cancer because of his exposure to styrene, a chemical found in each of those products and in dozens of other consumer items, according to a United States government report.
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