Long-term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study

Korsiak, Jill; Pinault, Lauren; Christidis, Tanya; Burnett, Richard T.; Abrahamowicz, Michal; Weichenthal, Scott

doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00067-5

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“…Take wildfires as an example of a natural disaster that has shown an increasing trend in frequency and duration globally . Long-term exposure to wildfires has been suggested to increase the incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors . Extreme weather and natural disasters caused by climate change may reduce people’s physical activity by limiting active venues and suitable temperatures.…”

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“…20 Long-term exposure to wildfires has been suggested to increase the incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors. 21 Extreme weather and natural disasters caused by climate change may reduce people's physical activity by limiting active venues and suitable temperatures. Less physical activity could increase the risks of colon, female breast, and uterine cancers.…”

Section: Change and Cancer Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cancer and Ongoing Climate Change: Who Are the Most Affected?

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Yang

et al. 2022

ACS Environ. Au

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Cancer has become the leading cause of premature death in many counties in recent decades. Previous studies showed plenty of evidence that control of modifiable risk factors would reduce the cancer burden. Since modifiable risk factors could be eliminated by changing the lifestyles of individuals, a greater uptake of modifiable risk factors is critical to reducing cancer burden and inequality in cancer survival. However, climate change will widen cancer inequities through its complex connections with modifiable risk factors. In this perspective, complex connections between climate change and cancer risks via modifiable risk factors, including abnormal temperature, UV, air pollution, natural disasters, food (diet), water, infections, and inefficient physical activities, have been summarized. The associations between climate change and modifiable risk factors have no doubt expanded the inequities. People who face overlapping modifiable risk factors, but who are unable to change or adapt, are at the highest risk in the climate change−cancer linkage. Though individual actions to avoid exposure to modifiable risk factors have been recommended, limited benefits would be achieved unless the nations strive to ensure the basic needs of the people. No choice makes avoiding exposure to risk factors an empty phrase. Thus, government actions should be taken to reduce the expanded inequities in cancer risks.

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Section: Change and Cancer Riskmentioning

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Cancer and Ongoing Climate Change: Who Are the Most Affected?

Pei

Yang

et al. 2022

ACS Environ. Au

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“…Studies of wildfire smoke over the past decade have linked exposure to higher numbers of hospital visits for respiratory problems, worsening of asthma, and increased cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 6 . A study published this year tracked 2 million people in Canada over roughly 20 years, and found that those exposed to a wildfire within 50 kilometres of their home in the past 10 years had a roughly 5% higher incidence of lung cancer and a 10% higher incidence of brain tumours, compared with people who weren't exposed 7 .…”

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How a dangerous stew of air pollution is choking the United States

Gewin¹

2022

Nature

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“…Also, the possibility that NPs can result from the degradation of transport coatings and subsequent passage into food cannot be excluded. A link seems to exist between NPs and cancer: for example, iron-rich NPs from traffic pollution are likely a plausible cause of brain cancer, while a significant association between wildfires and the incidence of specific cancer outcomes (as lung, brain and some haematological cancers) has been recently proposed [ 50 , 51 ].…”

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The Impact of Metal Nanoparticles on Female Reproductive System: Risks and Opportunities

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Rossi

Colafarina

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Humans have always been exposed to tiny particles via dust storms, volcanic ash, and other natural processes, and our bodily systems are well adapted to protect us from these potentially harmful external agents. However, technological advancement has dramatically increased the production of nanometer-sized particles or nanoparticles (NPs), and many epidemiological studies have confirmed a correlation between NP exposure and the onset of cardiovascular diseases and various cancers. Among the adverse effects on human health, in recent years, potential hazards of nanomaterials on female reproductive organs have received increasing concern. Several animal and human studies have shown that NPs can translocate to the ovary, uterus, and placenta, thus negatively impacting female reproductive potential and fetal health. However, NPs are increasingly being used for therapeutic purposes as tools capable of modifying the natural history of degenerative diseases. Here we briefly summarize the toxic effects of few but widely diffused NPs on female fertility and also the use of nanotechnologies as a new molecular approach for either specific pathological conditions, such as ovarian cancer and infertility, or the cryopreservation of gametes and embryos.

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Long-term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study

Cited by 58 publications

References 32 publications

Cancer and Ongoing Climate Change: Who Are the Most Affected?

Cancer and Ongoing Climate Change: Who Are the Most Affected?

How a dangerous stew of air pollution is choking the United States

The Impact of Metal Nanoparticles on Female Reproductive System: Risks and Opportunities

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