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To review epidemiological evidence on environmental and parental occupational factors contributing to childhood cancers to inform public health prevention strategies.

October 31, 2025CancersOpen Access

Causes of Childhood Cancer: A Literature Review (2014–2021)—Part 3: Environmental and Occupational Factors

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RERebecca T. EmenyUniversity of New Mexico MBMary E. ButowConcordia University Wisconsin LTLinda TitusDartmouth College

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Literature review reveals strong links between environmental exposures and leukemia or brain tumors in children, highlighting targets for public health prevention campaigns.

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To review epidemiological evidence on environmental and parental occupational factors contributing to childhood cancers to inform public health prevention strategies.
Conducted a comprehensive literature review of epidemiological studies published between January 2014 and March 2021.
Evaluated parental exposures prior to conception and during pregnancy, as well as direct childhood exposures, across all pediatric cancer types.
Synthesized evidence covering air pollution, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and parental occupational chemical exposures.
Aggregated evidence demonstrates strong associations between childhood leukemia and exposure to traffic pollution, indoor paints, residential pesticides, and occupational or nonoccupational benzene.
Childhood brain cancer shows strong associations with residential pesticides and parental occupational exposure to agricultural pesticides.
Associations between childhood leukemia and ionizing radiation from radon or nuclear facilities, as well as electromagnetic fields, remain mixed.

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Emeny et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f867ae5469ee92be073c5 https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17213516

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Literature review reveals strong links between environmental exposures and leukemia or brain tumors in children, highlighting targets for public health prevention campaigns.

Causes of Childhood Cancer: A Literature Review (2014–2021)—Part 3: Environmental and Occupational Factors

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Causes of Childhood Cancer: A Literature Review (2014–2021)—Part 3: Environmental and Occupational Factors

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