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Women who experience breast cancer later in life may have been exposed to air pollution early in life or when giving birth for the first time. Links have been established between air pollution and breast cancer where particulate pollution alters women's DNA and tumor suppression which, in turn, increased susceptibility to this serious health problem.
Air Pollution Link to Cancer Study Results Released Early This Year
In April 2011, study results were presented by the University at Buffalo at the annual 2011 American Association for Cancer Research conference about a newly discovered set of cancer links. Lead research investigator, Katharine Dobson, MPH[...]