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Article: ACID RAIN AND COLON CANCER ARE LINKED
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 10, 1988
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Acid rain could be responsible for elevated death rates from
cancer of the colon and other organs in the northeastern United
States, according to two California researchers who will present
their findings tomorrow in San Diego.
They say sulfur dioxide gas, a major component of acid rain,
absorbs ultraviolet light that normally would fuel the body's
production of Vitamin D. Without Vitamin D, people cannot absorb
enough calcium to protect tissues from becoming cancerous, said
Frank Garland, chief of occupational medicine at the Navy Health
Research Center near San Diego.
Scientists have long suspected that acid rain contributes to
lung cancer, but Garland said it also could be ...