Comments on: Fire Station “Cancer Cluster” Investigated http://www.firegeezer.com/2008/04/17/fire-station-cancer-cluster-investigated/ Hottest Fire Blog On The Web Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:40:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.firegeezer.com/2008/04/17/fire-station-cancer-cluster-investigated/comment-page-1/#comment-14033 Bill Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:35:36 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/2008/04/17/fire-station-cancer-cluster-investigated/#comment-14033 Recently in the news were some preliminary research findings that linked brain cancer with air pollution, and specifically "diesel soot". Of course firefighters get their share of polluted air, including diesel exhaust. Here is a quote dated April 16, 2008 from: http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=POLLUTION-CANCER-04-16-08 "Dr. Julia Ljubimova found something disturbing when she probed the brains of rats exposed to air pollution: The dirty air appeared to trigger changes indicating the earliest stage of brain tumors. Ljubimova, an oncologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, stressed that she is not ready to say air pollution is a cause of brain cancer. "I don't want to scare anyone, because this is preliminary data," she said. "But we found something very important." Her work suggests that fine particles like those found in diesel soot can switch on the tumor genes that many people inherit, jump-starting the disease process that results in brain tumors." You have a great blog, by the way! Recently in the news were some preliminary research findings that linked brain cancer with air pollution, and specifically “diesel soot”. Of course firefighters get their share of polluted air, including diesel exhaust.

Here is a quote dated April 16, 2008 from:
http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=POLLUTION-CANCER-04-16-08

“Dr. Julia Ljubimova found something disturbing when she probed the brains of rats exposed to air pollution: The dirty air appeared to trigger changes indicating the earliest stage of brain tumors.

Ljubimova, an oncologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, stressed that she is not ready to say air pollution is a cause of brain cancer.

“I don’t want to scare anyone, because this is preliminary data,” she said. “But we found something very important.”

Her work suggests that fine particles like those found in diesel soot can switch on the tumor genes that many people inherit, jump-starting the disease process that results in brain tumors.”

You have a great blog, by the way!

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