Chemical exposure to blame for rise in childhood cancer?RSS Feed

Scientists have blamed chemical exposure for the rise of childhood brain cancer and leukemia in the US.

Experts speaking at a conference call sponsored by Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families said that there is strong evidence that chemicals such as head lice treatment lindane may be to blame for the rise in the brain injury and in leukemia.

According to WebMD, Richard Clapp, professor emeritus of environmental health at Boston University, said that the rates of these cancers have been rising for the past two decades.

"It is clear that at least one complement of the cause is environmental chemical exposure. Certainly a portion can be traced back to damage done at the cellular level from chemicals that are carcinogens," he explained.

This comes after news that researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are to study the effects of secondary injury on brain cells using a version of the InQ Cell Research System not yet on the market.

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