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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(2):112-114; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.2.112
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 2, 112-114, January 20, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Giving New Meaning To the Word "Watchdog"?

Brian Vastag

What canaries once did for coal miners, dogs could someday do for everyone. That is the hope of a small group of researchers who are fond of stories about animals as early-warning sentinels for human health hazards, including cancer.

In Dickensian London, dogs purportedly keeled over from deadly smogs, signalling residents to cover their faces and scurry indoors. And more recently, cops raiding the Aulm Shinrikyo cult in Japan — which attacked Tokyo's subway with nerve gas in 1995 — wore gas masks and carried caged canaries.

These are striking images — but so far, they haven't been enough to attract a critical mass of researchers to the field. For the past 30 years, studies of cancer in pet dogs have periodically appeared in medical journals, reporting that, among other hazards, nearby industrial activity, weed killer, and second-hand smoke appear to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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