Acute leukemia in children: exposure to certain air pollutants at birth could be associated with an increased risk

While the role of certain air pollutants is now recognized in some cancers in adults, it has not yet been established in the case of acute leukemia in children. A team of researchers from Inserm, in collaboration with Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University, INRAE and Swiss researchers, used data from the GEOCAP-Birth study based on the national registry of childhood cancer to assess the risk of acute leukemia based on residential exposure to air pollutants at birth. Their findings show significant associations between exposure to certain air pollutants and the occurrence of the two main types of...