Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked, showing that ... | Genetics And Genomics ...

UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on new findings linking air pollution to lung cancer in non ...

A new study published in Nature says air pollution may be driving lung cancer development in people who have little to no ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years.

A new analysis shows high levels of fine-particulate air pollution causes more cancer mutations. A quarter of all lung cancer cases worldwide are among people who never smoked. Meanwhile, websites for ...

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

In fact, outdoor air pollution is the second leading cause of all lung cancer cases after smoking. Studies have revealed that people who live in highly polluted areas are more likely to die of ...

Air pollution and occupational exposure to asbestos, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, coal-based products, as well as genetic susceptibility and pre-existing lung disease, could all be contributing to ...

A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer found lung cancer rising among those who have never smoked a cigarette in their life. Air pollution was cited as one of the prime reasons ...