Drinking Water Arsenic in Northern Chile: High Cancer Risks 40 Years after Exposure Cessation

2013196 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Craig Steinmaus · University of California, Berkeley

Catterina Ferreccio · University of California, San Francisco

Johanna Acevedo Romo · National Cancer Institute

Yan Yuan · National Cancer Institute

Sandra Cortés · University of California, San Francisco

Guillermo Marshall · University of California, San Francisco

Lee E. Moore

Abstract

Our findings suggest that prevention, treatment, and other mortality reduction efforts in arsenic-exposed countries will be needed for decades after exposure cessation.

Topics & Keywords

Arsenic contamination and mitigation Occupational and environmental lung diseases Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Volume 22, Issue 4, pp. 623-630

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-12-1190

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