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 | | From: | Ilena Rose | | Subject: | Mother's exposure to pollutants enhances baby's cancer risk:- | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:10:13 -0600 |
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 | http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=61152&n_date=20050117&cat=Health
Mother's exposure to pollutants enhances baby's cancer risk:-
London January 17, 2005 2:34:20 PM IST
Most childhood cancers are most probably caused by exposure to
pollutants while babies are still in the womb, a university researcher
has claimed.
Professor George Knox of University of Birmingham, has said that
prenatal exposure to industrial and environmental pollutants, most
likely to be inhaled by the mother during pregnancy, were probably to
blame for the majority of cancers in under-16s.
He said that the industry or transport produced the most dangerous
pollutants and these should be targeted in attempts to reduce
childhood cancers.
Knox, analysed maps showing chemical emissions alongside details of
children dying from leukaemia and other cancers before their 16th
birthday between 1966 and 1980 and found that babies born within
0.6mile (1km) of emissions hotspots for particular chemicals were
between two and four times more likely to die of cancer before the age
of 16 than other children.(ANI)
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