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According to new preliminary research, a connection between benzene emissions from gas stations and auto repair shops may quadruple the risk of leukemia in children. Though the study''s authors caution against over interpreting the results there is a clear association of occupational exposure to benzene to acute leukemia in adults, most notably with acute non-lymphotic leukemia.
Even though childhood exposure to benzene would be significantly lower than the occupational exposure like rubber workers, the study''s authors still feel the possible link merits a closer look. The researchers had identified 280 cases of acute childhood leukemia and compared them to an age- matched control group of 258 children without a history of cancer. Children living near a gas station or an auto repair shop were four times more likely to develop leukemia as children not living in these areas. Especially evident was the effect for acute- nonlymphoblastic leukemia, which was seven times more common among the children living close to one of the two places.
Also appearing to affect the children was the duration of time the child lived near a gas station or service garage, with the risk of leukemia increasing as the length of stay increased. Nearly two thirds of the children with cancer were two to six years of age. The senior study author stressed the need for the benzene and leukemia findings to be replicated with more precise measurements taken.
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