Risks of testing for prostate cancer include: 1  a raised PSA level does not always indicate prostate cancer and biopsies will be needed to check if cancer is present. 2  biopsies and treatments for prostate cancer have harmful side-effects that may affect quality of life.
fume (plural fumes) 1  A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. 2  A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
Many industrial processes can generate harmful dust and fume. Essentially any operation where a material is cut, marked or physically altered in any way has the potential to produce harmful materials. Some common processes which produce harmful fumes: