Be the Expert: Episode 14: Wildfires, air pollution and cancer risk

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Climate Clinic

The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education

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Be the Expert: Episode 14: Wildfires, air pollution and cancer risk

Climate Clinic

16 minutes 38 seconds

2 years ago

Be the Expert: Episode 14: Wildfires, air pollution and cancer risk

In Episode 14, our hosts bring you an original article published in the Lancet Planetary Health in May 2022, titled “Long term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study”. The authors were Jill Korsiak, Lauren Pinault, Tanya Christidis, Richard T Burnett, Michael Abrahamowicz and Scott Weichenthal.

Tune in to hear how your risk of lung and brain cancer might be impacted by repeated wildfire smoke exposure over periods of time!

Article: DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00067-5