Exposure to air pollution is susceptible to breast cancer

Women working near crowded roads have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, due to traffic-related air pollution, the researchers warn.

In the smoke of traffic, it contains breast cancer.

The team of scientists from Stirling University in Scotland analyzed the case of a woman with breast cancer after 20 years of working as a border guard at the most crowded trade border in North America. .

This woman is one of five border guards who have developed breast cancer in the past 30 months. At a nearby guard station, one of a group of seven people was recorded with a similar situation.

According to Michael Gilbertson, this finding points to the causal relationship between breast cancer and traffic-related air pollution exposure. Because in the dust of vehicles contains breast cancer.

'This new study shows the impact of traffic-related air pollution in contributing to an increase in the incidence of breast cancer in the general population, of which breast carcinogen might be The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are found in car exhaust , 'Gilbertson said.