Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer 2005-2007
New update on CHE report on multi-factorial causes of cancer
19.11.2007 |Chantal van den Bossche
A letter for all CHE Partners about a new update on the new CHE Report:
Friends,
Dick Clapp and I would like to share with you our new report, "Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer: New Evidence, 2005-2007" that may be a useful resource for your research and advocacy activities.
Our report synthesizes the recent peer-reviewed scientific literature related to environmental and occupational exposures and cancer and finds compelling new evidence linking cancer with specific exposures, namely:
- Breast cancer from exposure to the pesticide DDT before puberty;
- Leukemia from exposure to 1,3-butadiene;
- Lung cancer from exposure to air pollution;
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from exposure to pesticides and solvents;
- Prostate cancer from exposure to pesticides and metal working fluids;
- Brain cancer from exposure to non-ionizing radiation;
- a range of cancers from exposure to pesticides based on early findings from the Agricultural Health Study.
The report also summarizes the multi-factorial, multi-stage nature of cancer causation and underscores the need to develop a new cancer prevention paradigm in the U.S., one that is based on an understanding that cancer is caused by multiple interacting factors and not single agents.
No longer can we claim that one factor is more important than another and no longer can we afford to have our cancer prevention programs focus on changes in diet or tobacco cessation while ignoring the occupational and environmental links.
This report builds upon our 2005 review of 30 years of scientific evidence documenting associations between carcinogens in workplaces, schools, and homes and certain cancers. Both reports were commissioned by CHE and this second report was supported by funding from the Jenifer Altman Foundation. It is available on the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production's website and at the Collaborative on Health and Environment's website.
Please let us know if you'd like a copy of the executive summary.
Regards,
Dick Clapp, DSc, MPH
Molly Jacobs, MPH
"The report synthesizes the recent peer-reviewed scientific literature related to environmental and occupational exposures and cancer and finds compelling new evidence linking cancer with specific exposures.
The report also summarizes the multi-factorial, multi-stage nature of cancer causation and underscores the need to develop a new cancer prevention paradigm , one that is based on an understanding that cancer is caused by multiple interacting factors and not single agents.
The authors state: "No longer can we claim that one factor is more important than another and no longer can we afford to have our cancer prevention programs focus on changes in diet or tobacco cessation while ignoring the occupational and environmental links.This report builds upon our 2005 review of 30 years of scientific evidence documenting associations between carcinogens in workplaces,
schools, and homes and certain cancers."
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