Alissa Howe, president of the CIU's Windsor branch and a former border services officer at the Ambassador Bridge, emphasized the importance of this research. "I, as well as many employees, believe that there may be a correlation to the exposures in the workplace and the rates of cancer we are seeing," Howe told CBC. International agencies have identified diesel as known cancer-causerThe concerns are not unfounded, as diesel exhaust has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a known carcinogen. "When we talk about breast cancer, we don't talk about environmental or workplace exposures," said Jane McArthur, toxics program director at the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment in an interview with CBC. McArthur told CBC News that advocating for a broader approach to understanding cancer causatives beyond genetics and lifestyle.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2024 15:22 UTC