Each Extra Year Around Petroleum Lubricants Was Linked to Higher MS Odds in a Study of Nearly 9,000 Swedes
Nature World News | 11.11.2026 11:42
Workers who handled petroleum-based lubricants on the job had 38% higher odds of developing multiple sclerosis than people who never did, according to a Swedish study published Nov. 4 in Neurology. The odds rose about 2% for each additional year of exposure, a dose-response pattern that strengthens the signal but does not prove the oils cause the disease.
