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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(12):905; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm046
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Lung and Bladder Cancer Deaths Continue Decades After Arsenic Exposure

Liz Savage

jncimedia@oxfordjournals.org
301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Arsenic exposure appears to continue causing lung and bladder cancer deaths years after exposure ends, according to a study published online June 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Arsenic is a known cause of lung and bladder cancer, but researchers don't yet know how long cancer risk remains elevated after arsenic exposure. The drinking water in a region of northern Chile became contaminated with very high amounts of arsenic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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