Peer reviewed Report www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23160082
Cancer mortality in towns in the vicinity of incinerators and installations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste
Javier García-Pérez
a, b,
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, Pablo Fernández-Navarro
a, b
, Adela Castelló
a
, María Felicitas López-Cima
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Rebeca Ramis
a
b
a, b
, Elena Boldo
a, b
, Gonzalo López-Abente
a, b
Cancer and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
Corresponding author at: Área de Epidemiología Ambiental y Cáncer, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid,
Spain. Tel.: +34 918222643; fax: +34 913877815.
E-mail addresses: jgarcia@isciii.es (J. García-Pérez), pfernandezn@isciii.es
(P. Fernández-Navarro), acastello@isciii.es (A. Castelló), flcina@isciii.es
(M.F. López-Cima), rramis@isciii.es (R. Ramis), eiboldo@isciii.es (E. Boldo),
glabente@isciii.es (G. López-Abente).
0160-4120/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.10.003
J. García-Pérez et al. / Environment International 51 (2013) 31–44
In this context, this study sought to:
(1) assess possible excess mortality attributable to 33 tumor sites among the Spanish population residing in the
environs of incinerators and hazardous waste treatment plants governed by the IPPC Directive and E-PRTR Regulation;
(2) analyze this risk according to the different categories of industrial activity, and for each installation individually; and,
(3) perform the analysis for the population, both overall and broken down by sex, using different statistical approaches for the purpose.
Conclusion:
Our results support the hypothesis of a statistically significant higher risk, among men and women alike, of dying from all cancers
in towns situated near incinerators and hazardous waste treatment plants, and specifically, a higher excess risk in respect of tumors of
the stomach, liver, pleura, kidney, and ovary. Furthermore, this is one of the first studies to analyze the risk of dying of cancer related with
specific industrial activities in this sector at a national level, and to highlight the excess risk observed in the vicinity of incinerators and installations
for the recycling of scrap metal and scrapping of ELVs, regeneration of spent baths, and treatment of oil and oily waste.
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