Tag Archives: Cancer

40% increase of childhood cancer caused by air pollution 

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Childhood cancer is very rare — but not as rare as it used to be. New figures show rates have increased by 40% over the last 16 years in Britain. It’s a worrying trend, not least because it’s unclear why … Continue reading →

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Air Pollution Linked To Other Cancers, Not Just Lung 

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter such as PM2.5 has been linked to increased risk of mortality for a range of cancers. Researchers in Hong Kong have found that long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter is associated with … Continue reading →

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Polluted air may up risk of many cancers

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

For elderly people in Hong Kong, long term exposure to fine-particle air pollution is tied to an increased risk of dying from many cancers, including breast, liver and pancreatic cancer, in addition to the expected lung cancer risk, according to … Continue reading →

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Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous types of cancer 

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various carcinogenic risks. In a monograph on air pollution, the organization pointed out the difficulty of assessing the effects of pollution … Continue reading →

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California air quality rules to tighten after cancer risk estimate triples

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Factories and oil refineries in southern California face a new crackdown on their emissions of air toxins, after experts in the state reported that breathing in pollution carries almost three times the risk of causing cancer than was previously thought, … Continue reading →

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Air pollution ‘largely responsible’ for rise in lung cancer cases in recent years: doctor

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

TAIPEI–Air pollution is largely responsible for an increase in the number of lung cancer cases in Taiwan in recent years, a doctor said Tuesday. The latest statistics released Tuesday by the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) show that 11,692 people were … Continue reading →

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Air pollution may lead to brain cancer

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

A team of researchers is set to conduct a study to determine if several potentially toxic compounds that exist in polluted air are capable of entering the brain from the bloodstream and causing brain cancer. The research by scientists at … Continue reading →

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China acknowledges ‘cancer villages’

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

China’s environment ministry appears to have acknowledged the existence of so-called “cancer villages” after years of public speculation about the impact of pollution in certain areas. For years campaigners have said cancer rates in some villages near factories and polluted … Continue reading →

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