According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study, air pollution is currently the worldwide seventh-leading cause of death, and there are projections that it will become the leading cause by 2050.
The UCLA School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology analyzed data on 3,950 children born between 1998 and 2007 who had been diagnosed with cancer at age 5 or younger. Exposure to traffic-related pollution was calculated for each trimester of the mother's pregnancy and during the first year of the child's life, by estimating gasoline and diesel powered traffic within 1,500 meters of the child's home and analyzing roadway geometry, vehicle emission rates and weather.
Researchers found increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution was associated with increased risk of three rare childhood cancers: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, germ cell tumors and retinoblastoma.
www.newsroom.ucla.edu
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