Home distance from benzene sites linked to lymphoma risk

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – How far a person lives from a manufacturing plant that releases the chemical benzene into the environment may determine their risk of developing immune system cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers in Georgia looking at rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in that state found that risk for the disease fell with every mile between a person’s home and facilities that release benzene. “It would suggest even with moderate changes in distance that there can be large changes in the decrease in non-Hodgkin lymphoma,” said Dr. …