Lifestyles blamed for 17 per cent rise in childhood cancer cases 09/06 The Independent (News Article)

A study of child cancer rates in Britain and across Europe has revealed that the incidences of most cancers in children are rising far faster than can currently be explained. Increasing exposure to hazardous chemicals in the environment has been cited as a major factor contributing towards this trend.

List of Known Carcinogens 02/06 American Cancer Society (Reference)

This is a comprehensive list of chemicals and other environmental factors that are known or suspected to be human carcinogens.

Computer Factory Staff at Greater Risk of Cancer 10/06 The Glasgow Herald (News Article)

A study of the causes of death of 30 000 computer factory workers in the US from 1969 onwards (the largest study of its kind ever conducted) found that lung, breast, brain and stomach cancers were up to four or five times more prevelant than in the general population. Exposure to hazardous chemicals was cited as one of the main risk factors involved, and similar results have been found in studies of computer factory staff in Scotland.

Do Fish Hold Cancer Clue for Humans? 09/2006 The Scotsman (News Article)

Cancerous tumours found in wild fish were found to corellate with the presence of high levels of heavy metals and other pollutants in their environment, with fish from the most polluted areas being most affected. Although the tumours pose no risk to human consumers, the scientists conducting the study raised the concern that the contaminants causing the tumours are likely to do the same thing in humans. 

Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer 09/2005 Boston University School of Public Health and Environmental Health Initiative, University of Massachusetts (Scientific Review)

A summary of recent scientific evidence linking environmental and occupational chemical exposure to nearly 30 types of cancer. One of the most comprehensive reviews avaliable.

Toxic Chemicals and Childhood Cancer: A review of the Evidence 05/2003 Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts (Scientific Review)

A report examining the connections between exposure to solvents, pesticides, petrochemicals, and certain industrial byproducts and childhood cancer. Concludes that links between the exposure of children and their parents to these chemicals and certain cancers have been shown consistently by epidemiological studies, children exposed pre-conception or during foetal development have an elevated risk of cancer and that the evidence is strongest for leukaemia and cancers of the central nervous system.