The paper concludes that occupational cancer reduction programmes can be highly cost-effective and quickly recover their costs. The authors found that 761 people are estimated to have new occupational cancers each year and 2,700 people already lived with the diseases. Direct medical costs totalled 15,682,000 Canadian dollars each year. Indirect costs totalled 64.1 million Canadian dollars a year. Prevention and control of carcinogen exposure are mooted.

Orenstein MR, Dall T, Curley P, Chen J, Tamburrini AL, Petersen J. (2010) The economic burden of occupational cancers in Alberta. Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada.