Air Pollution Increases Lung Cancer Mutations in Never-Smokers, NIH Study Finds
TL;DR
A NIH-led study found that fine particulate air pollution is strongly associated with increased genetic mutations in lung tumors among never-smokers, including mutations linked to cancer development and shorter telomeres, highlighting environmental pollution as a significant risk factor for lung cancer in non-smokers.
- NIH study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)
- Air pollution linked to lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, study finds The Guardian
- The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers nature.com
- Air pollution may be raising risk of lung cancer in ‘never-smokers’: Study The Hill
- NIH Scientists Link Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Mutations in Non-Smokers Inside Climate News
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