More than 1,100 people annually in the UK develop the most prevalent form of lung cancer as a result of air pollution, and can reveal the guardian.
Exposure ratios to poisonous air to 515 men and 590 women in the United Kingdom in 2022 Get Gedic Cancer – Now the most four major sub -lung cancer – analysis from the world health The cancer agency was found in the organization.
UK rates for gland cancer conditions associated with the surrounding particle pollution were also higher than the United States and Canada, and four times higher than Finland, which had the lowest rates in northern Europe, According to the analysis.
This is the first time that these numbers have been assembled by the International Agency for Research in cancer (IARC).
Health experts, charities for cancer and environmental activists said that the United Kingdom’s results were “destroyed” and should serve as a “vigil” call to ministers.
“This data is just as so as important. We have always realized that air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer, but we can now see the effect of the effect of the effect really. This difficult evidence must be The procedure is demanding. ”
Chadwick said that the ministers should act to reduce air pollution. “The failure to do this will only see more lives destroyed by lung cancer.”
Andrew Henz, professor of environmental change and public health at the London College for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that the data confirmed the “necessity” of the government “to address the continuous effects of air pollution on health to a greater degree.”
Dr. Helen Crocker, Assistant Director of Research and Politics at the Global Cancer Research Fund, said that the number of cancer cases caused by toxic air can only be treated through a concerted government effort to reduce air pollution. ” But these numbers highlight the importance of environmental causes when looking at the risk of cancer.
Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer and cancer deaths all over the world. In 2022, about 2.5 million people were diagnosed with the disease. However, the sub -type infection patterns have changed significantly in recent decades.
Among the four main sub-species of lung cancer-glandular cancer, healing cell cancer, small cell cancer and large cell cancer-glandular cancer has become the dominant sub-type between both men and women.
Glandular cancer accounted for 45.6 % of global lung cancer cases between men and 59.7 % of global lung cancer cases among women in 2022. The numbers concerned were 39.0 % and 57.1 % in 2020.
IARC said the benign tumor represents up to 70 % of lung cancer cases between smokers at all.
About 200,000 cases of glandular cancer were associated with air pollution in 2022, according to the IARC study, It was published in the Lancet of respiratory medicine magazine.
The largest burden of glandular cancer is found due to air pollution in East Asia. The rates of China in 2022 were 6.15 cases per 100,000 men and 4.25 cases per 100,000 women, according to the International Migration Agency.
British rates of glandular cancer caused by toxic air were much lower than China (0.66 and 0.7) but are still higher than the United States (0.49, 0.53) and Canada (0.38 and 0.41). UK prices were four times higher than Finland (0.16 and 0.12).
“While tobacco is still the biggest cause of lung cancer in the UK, the disease can affect anyone, including people who have never smoked,” said Lucys Clark, Cancer’s Cancer Director at Cancer Research UK.
“This main study shows that air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of lung cancer cases every year all over the world, and the highest rates in East Asia. Data also indicates that lung cancer rates associated with UK pollution in the United Kingdom are slightly higher than the United States and Canada.
“To help people live a longer and healthier life, the UK government must do more to reduce air pollution levels and continue to treat tobacco damage.”
Sarah Salt, CEO of UK lung, said that IARC numbers are added to “a set of constantly increasing evidence” that shows “the devastating effect of air pollution on our health.” Unfortunately, it is not a shock to see the UK very high in these glandular tournaments tables caused by air pollution.
“However, the government is still failing to take decisive action, even last week only granting the move forward An additional runway in Heathrow – Which will undoubtedly increase air pollution – instead of setting tougher targets to protect people from the damage of air pollution.
Slit said that without the targets of stronger air pollution, the United Kingdom risked the creation of “another generation that grows poisonous air.”
Levi Elsmour, the campaign director of the Air Air Force, said that the results “must be an invitation to wake up” to the ministers and called for “concerted government measures” to clean the air throughout the United Kingdom.
The government was contacted to comment.
