How do chemical exposures affect our health?
Because cancer is a long-latency disease—it can take years to develop—we need new ways of assessing chemical exposures in people so that we can predict whether a chemical is likely to cause cancer or another disease down the road.
To address the gaps in knowledge about the influence of environmental contaminants on the development of cancer, we are investigating early biological markers of disease in humans and how these relate to chemical exposures in the body. These types of evidence, combined with others, can serve as a basis for public health intervention to reduce hazardous exposures.
