Conditions & Recovery · NCI News Releases · July 2, 2025

NIH study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their colleagues at the University of California, San Diego, have found that fine-particulate air pollution, which includes pollution from vehicles and industry, was strongly associated with increased genomic changes in lung cancer tumors among people who have never smoked. This discovery This could potentially lead to more prevention strat

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