Study indicates arsenic can cause cancer decades after exposure ends

(Oxford University Press USA) A new paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that arsenic in drinking water may have one of the longest dormancy periods of any carcinogen. By tracking the mortality rates of people exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water in a region in Chile, the researchers provide evidence of increases in lung, bladder, and kidney cancer even 40 years after high arsenic exposures ended.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news