Children living in busy traffic areas have increased risk of blood cancer, the study said.
according to the Central News Agency, researchers say that children living near busy roads may have a very rare risk of blood cancer to be 3 percent higher. According to the results published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, there are about 140 new cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in France, and 3 are associated with automobile exhaust gas, according to the results published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (of Epidemiology). Ai Meng (Denis Hemon), co - author of the French National Institutes of Health (INSERM), says the culprit is probably benzene, a chemical produced by burning fossil fuels, and American studies have shown that cancer is related.
the researchers enrolled 2760 children under 15 years of age from 2002 to 2007 in France, and 30 thousand children in the country were randomly selected.
the research team found that children living at less than 150 meters away from busy roads had a higher chance of developing acute myelogenous leukemia.
AI Meng said: "we found that in France, the risk increased by 3 to 6 in the greater Paris area (Ile-de-France)."
however, he also pointed out that in view of the very few new cases reported in France every year, the absolute risk of suffering from the disease is still low.