Environmentally induced cancers ‘grossly underestimated’

The US President’s Cancer Panel has released a landmark report of global importance which identifies a gaping hole in cancer research – environmentally induced cancers. According to the report, the Panel was particularly concerned to find that the true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated. With nearly 80,000 chemicals on the market, many of which are used in everyday products, they expressed concern about the lack of adequate regulation and point out that many of these chemicals were ‘understudied’ before reaching the market. The public remain unaware of many common environmental carcinogens and they call on all governments to ensure citizens are protected from environmental pollutants.

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