Potential Exposure to Environmental Toxic Emissions and Increased Cancer Risk in Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Toxic environmental pollutants are a risk factor for some cancers. We conducted an ecological study to assess the cancer risk in Puerto Rico after 15 years of exposure.

Methods

Cancer incidence data (2018-2022) were obtained from the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry. Contaminated areas were defined as municipalities with industrial facilities reporting on-site toxic chemical emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) from 2006 to 2020. We estimated cancer risk using the age-standardized incidence RR with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) by cancer type and sex. This was repeated for the frequency of on-site TRI emissions (none, intermittent, and continuous). All analyses were performed using SEER*Stat v8.4.4.

Results

SUBMITTER: Cardona-Cordero NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12556395 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature