The effects of changes in cadmium and lead air pollution on cancer incidence in children

Absalon, Damian; Slesak, B

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.030

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“…Absence of national registration means that childhood cancer occurrence in a given locality cannot be properly viewed in a national context. If concern arises in an area with no cancer registration, investigations must depend on ad hoc local surveys [86][87][88][89][90], which in any case cannot address the changes over time. For example, the effects of the Chernobyl accident on childhood cancer incidence could not be fully assessed in the most affected regions of Belarus or Ukraine, because cancer registration was not well established in the affected regions before the event [91].…”

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Registration of childhood cancer: Moving towards pan-European coverage?

Steliarova‐Foucher

Stiller

Colombet

et al. 2015

European Journal of Cancer

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Registration of childhood cancer: Moving towards pan-European coverage?

Steliarova‐Foucher

Stiller

Colombet

et al. 2015

European Journal of Cancer

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“…Just itai-itai disease is connected with damage of bones and is characterized by multiple fractures of the long bones in the skeleton (Wang et al 1994). Carcinogenicity of cadmium is widely discussed (Barrett 2009;Chen et al 2009;Strumylaite et al 2009Strumylaite et al , 2010Absalon and Slesak 2010;Gallagher et al 2010;Julin et al 2010;Talaat et al 2010). It has been proposed as a prostate and renal carcinogen, however, available data are still controversial (Kolonel 1976;Il'yasova and Schwartz 2005).…”

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Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection with Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism

Babula

Adam

Havel

et al. 2012

The Plant Family Brassicaceae

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The mustard family -Brassicaceae -is well known as family of plants, metallophytes, which are able to accumulate wide range of heavy metals and metalloids, especially zinc and cadmium, but also nickel, thallium, chromium and selenium. Ecological importance of this process consists partially in plants themselves to survive negative environmental conditions. There are two basic different strategies, how to survive these conditions -accumulation of heavy metals in plants tissues with different intensity in individual cell types, but also organs, which is partially given by chemical composition of cell walls, and ability to synthesize special defensive -detoxification compounds rich on thiol groupsglutathione and phytochelatins, which are able to bind heavy metals and transport them to the "secure" cell compartment -vacuole. The second principle is based on ability to exclude heavy metals. Role of secondary metabolites rich on sulphur in detoxification of heavy metals is still discussed with unclear conclusions. Members of Brassicaceae family, especially genera Thlaspi and Brassica, are well-known hyperaccumulators of heavy metals with possible utilization in phytoremediation technologies. In this review chapter, mechanisms of cadmium uptake and transport and its deposition in various plant cells and tissues are discussed with respect with

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“…This case study demonstrated the relationship between air pollution and the cause of some diseases. Absalon and Ślesak (2010) suggest the existence of a relationship between cadmium–lead air pollution and cancer among children, even in the period 1995–2007, when harmful emissions in the USID were relatively low.…”

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Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Growth Suppression and Adverse Effects on Human Health Due to Air Pollution in the Upper Silesian Industrial District (USID), Southern Poland

Malik

Danek

Marchwińska-Wyrwał

et al. 2012

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Air pollution emissions were not continually monitored in the Upper Silesian Industrial District (USID), southern Poland, and data is only available for the last 20 years. Long-lasting and severe tree ring reductions in pines growing 5–20 km north of the USID area recorded particularly high levels of air pollution emissions in the period 1950–1990. Especially high amounts of reductions and many missing rings were found in the period 1964–1981. At the same time, pines growing 60 km west of the USID do not record deep ring reductions; this proves that the phenomenon is of a regional nature. Increases in infant mortality and lung, bronchial, and tracheal cancer morbidity rates among males were also recorded in the USID during periods of high air pollution. Infant mortality rates increased several years after the tree ring reductions. Therefore, it may be possible to use tree ring reductions as an early indicator of the occurrence of adverse effects on human health.

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The effects of changes in cadmium and lead air pollution on cancer incidence in children

Cited by 35 publications

References 13 publications

Registration of childhood cancer: Moving towards pan-European coverage?

Registration of childhood cancer: Moving towards pan-European coverage?

Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection with Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism

Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Growth Suppression and Adverse Effects on Human Health Due to Air Pollution in the Upper Silesian Industrial District (USID), Southern Poland

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