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Cancer Risk:
No information is available on the carcinogenic effects of vinyl acetate in humans.
An increased incidence of nasal cavity tumors has been observed in rats exposed by inhalation, but not mice. (1)
In rats exposed to vinyl acetate in drinking water, an increased tumor incidence (including neoplastic nodules of the liver, adenocarcinomas of the uterus [in females], and C-cell adenomas or carcinomas of the thyroid) was reported. However, there are many limitations to this study. (1,5)
In another drinking water study, no treatment-related tumors were observed in rats. (1)
EPA has not classified vinyl acetate as to its possible human carcinogenicity. (2)
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/vinylace.html
EPA자료에는 암을 일으킨 연구결과가 있지만 연구세팅이 제한적이므로 확실히 알 수 없다고 하네요.
하지만 증상을 보면 급성/만성 폐손상을 일으켜서 만성 염증질환이 일어나고 만성 폐염증질환은 암발생 확률을 증가시키므로(대표적인 예가 석면)
병리학적으로 볼 때 암에 걸릴 확률이 어느정도 증가할 것이다라고 생각할 수 있습니다. 어찌되었든 되도록 노출되지 않는게 건강에 좋습니다.