Mortality due to tumours of the digestive system in towns lying in the vicinity of metal production and processing installations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3102-3112

  García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   López Cima, María Felicitas ^a,b,c   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Vidal, Enrique ^a,b   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestive tumours; Focused clustering; Industrial pollution; Metallurgical installations; Metalworking fluids; Mortality

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; LIVER; METALLURGY; METALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; FOCUSED CLUSTERING; GRADIENT EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL METALS; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; LIVER CANCERS; METAL PRODUCTION; METALWORKING FLUIDS; ORAL CAVITY; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POLLUTION DISCHARGES; POLLUTION SOURCES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PROCESSING ACTIVITY; RELATIVE RISKS; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; TUMOURS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS INDUSTRY; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TUMOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVER CANCER; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STUDY DESIGN; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY;

SPAIN;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77953724340     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.051     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Adzersen K.H., Becker N., Steindorf K., Frentzel-Beyme R. Cancer mortality in a cohort of male German iron foundry workers. Am J Ind Med 2003, 43:295-305.
2. ATEG-Grupo Interlab Documento de orientación sectorial para la medición, cálculo y estimación de emisiones de sustancias EPER 2005, Available: http://www.prtr-es.es/fondo-documental/metodos-de-medicion-y-calculo,15500,10,2007.html [accessed 15 March 2010].
3. Ayuso Orejana J., Fernández Cuesta J.A., Plaza Ibeas J.L. Anuario del Mercado Español 1993, Banco Español de Crédito, Madrid.
4. Bardin J.A., Eisen E.A., Tolbert P.E., Hallock M.F., Hammond S.K., Woskie S.R., et al. Mortality studies of machining fluid exposure in the automobile industry. V: a case-control study of pancreatic cancer. Am J Ind Med 1997, 32:240-247.
5. Benjamini Y., Hochberg Y. Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing. J R Stat Soc Ser B (Methodol) 1995, 27:289-300.
6. Benjamini Y., Yekutieli D. The control of the false discovery rate in multiple testing under dependency. Ann Stat 2001, 29:1165-1188.
7. Benke G., Abramson M., Sim M. Exposures in the alumina and primary aluminium industry: an historical review. Ann Occup Hyg 1998, 42:173-189.
8. Blair A., Kazerouni N. Reactive chemicals and cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1997, 8:473-490.
9. Blot W.J., McLaughlin J.K., Fraumeni J.F. Esophageal cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention 2006, 697-706. Oxford University Press, New York. Third Edition. D. Schottenfeld, J.F. Fraumeni (Eds.).
10. Breslow N.E., Day N.E. Statistical methods in cancer research. IARC Sci Publ 1987, 1-406.
11. Brown L.M., Pottern L.M., Blot W.J. Lung cancer in relation to environmental pollutants emitted from industrial sources. Environ Res 1984, 34:250-261.
12. Calvert G.M., Ward E., Schnorr T.M., Fine L.J. Cancer risks among workers exposed to metalworking fluids: a systematic review. Am J Ind Med 1998, 33:282-292.
13. Casella C., Garrone E., Gennaro V., Orengo M.A., Puppo A., Stagnaro E., et al. Health conditions of the general population living near a steel plant. Epidemiol Prev 2005, 29:77-86.
14. Clapp R.W., Howe G.K., Jacobs M.M. Environmental and occupational causes of cancer. A Review of Recent Scientific Literature. Lowell Center for Sustainable Production 2005.
15. Crew K.D., Neugut A.I. Epidemiology of gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2006, 12:354-362.
16. DHHS (NIOSH) Criteria for a recommended standard: occupational exposure to metalworking fluids. No. 98-102 1998, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
17. EPER European Pollutant Emission Register 2009, Available: http://eper.ec.europa.eu/eper/ [accessed 15 March 2010].
18. Firth H.M., Elwood J.M., Cox B., Herbison G.P. Historical cohort study of a New Zealand foundry and heavy engineering plant. Occup Environ Med 1999, 56:134-138.
19. Garcia-Perez J., Pollan M., Boldo E., Perez-Gomez B., Aragones N., Lope V., et al. Mortality due to lung, laryngeal and bladder cancer in towns lying in the vicinity of combustion installations. Sci Total Environ 2009, 407:2593-2602.
20. Gelman A., Hill J. Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models 2007, Cambridge University Press, New York.
21. Giovannucci E., Wu K. Cancer of the colon and rectum. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention 2006, 809-829. Oxford University Press, New York. Third Edition. D. Schottenfeld, J.F. Fraumeni (Eds.).
22. Hayes R.B. The carcinogenicity of metals in humans. Cancer Causes Control 1997, 8:371-385.
23. Houk V.S. The genotoxicity of industrial wastes and effluents. Mutat Res 1992, 277:91-138.
24. Hsing A.W., Rashid A., Devesa S.S., Fraumeni J.F. Biliary tract cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention 2006, 787-800. Oxford University Press, New York. Third Edition. D. Schottenfeld, J.F. Fraumeni (Eds.).
25. Humfrey C.D., Levy L.S., Faux S.P. Potential carcinogenicity of foundry fumes: a comparative in vivo-in vitro study. Food Chem Toxicol 1996, 34:1103-1111.
26. IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans 1997, Available: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol69/index.php [accessed 15 March 2010].
27. IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans 2009, Available: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/crthall.php [accessed 15 March 2010].
28. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Defunciones según la Causa de Muerte 2007 2010, Available: http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do?path=/t15/p417/a2007/l0/&file=01001.px&type=pcaxis&L=0 [accessed 15 March 2010].
29. Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) Reference document on best available techniques in the non ferrous metals industries 2001, Available: http://www.prtr-es.es/data/images/BREF%20Metalurgia%20no%20f%C3%A9rrea%20I-4CDE805E16D2361F.pdf [accessed 15 March 2010].
30. Landrigan P.J., Boffetta P., Apostoli P. The reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity of lead: a critical review. Am J Ind Med 2000, 38:231-243.
31. London W.T., McGlynn K.A. Liver cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention 2006, 763-786. Oxford University Press, New York. Third Edition. D. Schottenfeld, J.F. Fraumeni (Eds.).
32. Lopez-Abente G., Ramis R., Pollan M., Perez-Gomez B., Gomez-Barroso D., Carrasco J.M., et al. Atlas municipal de mortalidad por cáncer en España, 1989-1998 2006, Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
33. Lowenfels A.B., Maisonneuve P. Epidemiology and risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2006, 20:197-209.
34. Lynge E., Anttila A., Hemminki K. Organic solvents and cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1997, 8:406-419.
35. Malloy E.J., Miller K.L., Eisen E.A. Rectal cancer and exposure to metalworking fluids in the automobile manufacturing industry. Occup Environ Med 2007, 64:244-249.
36. Martinez M.A., Sanz P., Ruiz M.L., Fabrellas B., Abad E., Rivera J. Evaluation of the Spanish hot dip galvanising sector as a source of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans. Chemosphere 2008, 71:1127-1134.
37. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino Registro Estatal de Emisiones y Fuentes Contaminantes 2007, Available: http://www.prtr-es.es/ [accessed 15 March 2010].
38. Mirer F. Updated epidemiology of workers exposed to metalworking fluids provides sufficient evidence for carcinogenicity. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003, 18:902-912.
39. Monge-Corella S., Garcia-Perez J., Aragones N., Pollan M., Perez-Gomez B., Lopez-Abente G. Lung cancer mortality in towns near paper, pulp and board industries in Spain: a point source pollution study. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:288.
40. Mucci L., Adami H.O. Oral and pharyngeal cancer. Textbook of cancer epidemiology 2002, Oxford University Press, New York. H.O. Adami, D. Hunter, D. Trichopoulos (Eds.).
41. Parodi S., Stagnaro E., Casella C., Puppo A., Daminelli E., Fontana V., et al. Lung cancer in an urban area in Northern Italy near a coke oven plant. Lung Cancer 2005, 47:155-164.
42. Pershagen G. Lung cancer mortality among men living near an arsenic-emitting smelter. Am J Epidemiol 1985, 122:684-694.
43. Ramis R., Vidal E., Garcia-Perez J., Lope V., Aragones N., Perez-Gomez B., et al. Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:26.
44. Rockette H.E., Arena V.C. Mortality studies of aluminum reduction plant workers: potroom and carbon department. J Occup Med 1983, 25:549-557.
45. Rotimi C., Austin H., Delzell E., Day C., Macaluso M., Honda Y. Retrospective follow-up study of foundry and engine plant workers. Am J Ind Med 1993, 24:485-498.
46. Savitz D.A. Epidemiologic evidence on the carcinogenicity of metalworking fluids. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003, 18:913-920.
47. Siemiatycki J., Richardson L., Straif K., Latreille B., Lakhani R., Campbell S., et al. Listing occupational carcinogens. Environ Health Perspect 2004, 112:1447-1459.
48. Sim M.R., Del Monaco A., Hoving J.L., Macfarlane E., McKenzie D., Benke G., et al. Mortality and cancer incidence in workers in two Australian prebake aluminium smelters. Occup Environ Med 2009, 66:464-470.
49. Smith G.H., Williams F.L., Lloyd O.L. Respiratory cancer and air pollution from iron foundries in a Scottish town: an epidemiological and environmental study. Br J Ind Med 1987, 44:795-802.
50. Tolbert P.E. Oils and cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1997, 8:386-405.
51. Tossavainen A. Estimated risk of cancer attributable to occupational exposures in iron and steel foundries. Complex mixtures and cancer risk 1990, 363-367. IARC Scientific Publications, Lyon. H. Vainio, M. Sorsa, A.J. McMichael (Eds.).
52. Tsai S.S., Tiao M.M., Kuo H.W., Wu T.N., Yang C.Y. Association of bladder cancer with residential exposure to petrochemical air pollutant emissions in Taiwan. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2009, 72:53-59.
53. Viel J.F., Daniau C., Goria S., Fabre P., Crouy-Chanel P., Sauleau E.A., et al. Risk for non Hodgkin's lymphoma in the vicinity of French municipal solid waste incinerators. Environ Health 2008, 7:51.