Climate Change and Health

• Campbell-Lendrum D, Neville T, Schweizer C, et al: Climate change and health: three grand challenges. Nature Medicine 29:1631-1638, 2023
• CDC: Climate Effects on Health, in CDC (ed), 2022)
• WHO: COP 26 special report and climate change and health: the health argument for climate action, 2021
• Robbins Schug G, Buikstra JE, DeWitte SN, et al: Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120:e2209472120, 2023
• Romanello M, Di Napoli C, Drummond P, et al: The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. Lancet 400:1619-1654, 2022
• Salas RN: The Climate Crisis and Clinical Practice. New England Journal of Medicine 382:589-591, 2020 Salas RN, Malina D, Solomon CG: Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate. New England Journal of Medicine 381:773-774, 2019 
• Salas RN, Solomon CG: The Climate Crisis — Health and Care Delivery. New England Journal of Medicine 381: e13, 2019
• Wise J: Climate crisis: over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle "catastrophic harm". BMJ BMJ 2021;374:n2177, 2021​​

Air Pollution, PM2.5, and Burning of Fossil Fuels

• Berg C, Schiller J. Global variability in lung cancer deaths attributable to air pollution.  Proceedings, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Lung Cancer Conference, 2021
• Berg CD, Schiller JH, Boffetta P, et al: AIR POLLUTION AND LUNG CANCER A Review by International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Early Detection and Screening Committee. J Thorac Oncol, 2023
• Coleman NC, Burnett RT, Higbee JD, et al: Cancer mortality risk, fine particulate air pollution, and smoking in a large, representative cohort of US adults. Cancer Causes Control 31:767-776, 2020
• Cohen AJ, Brauer M, Burnett R, et al: Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015.Lancet 389:1907-1918, 2017
• Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death,1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.Lancet 388:1459-1544, 2016
• Hamra GB, Guha N, Cohen A, et al: Outdoor particulate matter exposure and lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental health perspectives 122:906-911, 2014
• Hill W, Lim EL, Weeden CE, et al: Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants. Nature 616:159-167, 2023
• Letellier N, Wing SE, Yang JA, et al: The Role of Neighborhood Air Pollution Exposure on Somatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mutations in the Los Angeles Basin (2013-2018). Int J Environ Res Public Health 19, 2022
• Loomis D, Grosse Y, Lauby-Secretan B, et al: The carcinogenicity of outdoor air pollution. Lancet Oncol 14:1262-3, 2013
• Pope CA, 3rd, Coleman N, Pond ZA, et al: Fine particulate air pollution and human mortality: 25+ years of cohort studies. Environ Res 183:108924, 2020​
• Ou JY, Hanson HA, Ramsay JM, et al: Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Mortality among Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2020
• WHO: WHO global air quality guidelines. Particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ),ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. 2021. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO., 202
• Vohra K, Vodonos A, Schwartz J, et al: Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem. Environ Res 195:110754, 2021

Wildfires

• Aguilera R, Corringham T, Gershunov A, et al: Wildfire smoke impacts respiratory health more than fine particles from other sources: observational evidence from Southern California. Nature Communications 12:1493, 2021
•  Harris E: Wildfire Exposure Linked to Changes in Cognition and Brain Activity. JAMA 329:457-457, 2023
• Ho V: West coast cities face the world's worst air quality as wildfires rage, The Guardian, 2020
•  IARC: Occupational exposure as a firefighter, IARC Monogr Identif Carcinog Hazards Hum. Lyons, France, June 7-14, 2022
• Korsiak J, Pinault L, Christidis T, et al: Long-term exposure to wildfires and cancer incidence in Canada: a population-based observational cohort study. Lancet Planet Health 6:e400-e409, 2022
• McCormick E: What is California’s wildfire smoke doing to our health? Scientists paint a bleak picture, The Guardian, 202
•   O'Dell K, Bilsback K, Ford B, et al: Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the United States: Not Just a Western US Problem. Geohealth 5:e2021GH000457, 2021
•  Yao J, Brauer M, Wei J, et al: Sub-Daily Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Ambulance Dispatches during Wildfire Seasons: A Case-Crossover Study in British Columbia, Canada. Environmental Health Perspectives 128:067006, 2020
• Zhang D, Xi Y, Boffa DJ, et al Nogueira LM: Association of Wildfire Exposure While Recovering From Lung Cancer Surgery With Overall Survival. JAMA Oncology, doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2144 Published online July 27, 2023​

Cancer

General overview

• Hiatt RA, Beyeler N: Women's cancers and climate change. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 160:374-377, 2023
• Hiatt RA, Beyeler N: Cancer and climate change.Lancet Oncol 21:e519-e527, 2020
• Nogueira LM, Yabroff KR, Bernstein A: Climate change and cancer. CA Cancer J Clin, 2020
• Nogueira LM, Crane TE, Ortiz AP, et al: Climate Change and Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev:2023; 10.1158/1055-9965.Epi-22-1234
• Rublee C, Bikomeyer J, Rao S, et al: Climate mitigation and adaptation is cancer prevention and control. Journal of Climate Change and Health 10, 2023
• Schiller J, Averbuch S, Berg C: Why Oncologists Should Care About Climate Change. 2020
• Schiller JH.  Global Warming, COVID-19, and Lung Cancer: Why Lung Cancer Doctors Should Care About Climate Change. IASLC Lung Cancer News; Sept 29, 2020
• Schiller J, Goldberg R: Oncologists can mitigate harm from climate change; Here is how. Cancer Letter 49, 2023
•  Schiller JH, Bernicker E, Thomas A: Climate Change and Cancer Care-Feeling the Heat. JAMA Oncol, 2023​
• Turner MC, Andersen ZJ, Baccarelli A, et al: Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations. CA Cancer J Clin, 2020

​Lung Cancer

• Berg C, Schiller J Global variability in lung cancer deaths attributable to air pollution.  Proceedings, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Lung Cancer Conference, 2021
• Berg CD, Schiller JH, Boffetta P, et al: AIR POLLUTION AND LUNG CANCER A Review by International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Early Detection and Screening Committee. J Thorac Oncol, 2023
• Coleman NC, Burnett RT, Higbee JD, et al: Cancer mortality risk, fine particulate air pollution, and smoking in a large, representative cohort of US adults. Cancer Causes Control 31:767-776, 2020
• Eckel SP, Cockburn M, Shu YH, et al: Air pollution affects lung cancer survival. Thorax 71:891-8, 2016
• Hamra GB, Guha N, Cohen A, et al: Outdoor particulate matter exposure and lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental health perspectives 122:906-911, 2014
• Hill W, Lim EL, Weeden CE, et al: Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants. Nature 616:159-167, 2023
• Letellier N, Wing SE, Yang JA, et al: The Role of Neighborhood Air Pollution Exposure on Somatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mutations in the Los Angeles Basin (2013-2018). Int J Environ Res Public Health 19, 202

Other Cancers

•  Amadou A, Praud D, Coudon T, et al: Long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide air pollution and breast cancer risk: A nested case-control within the French E3N cohort study. Environ Pollut 317:120719, 2023
• Clark CJ, Johnson NP, Soriano M, Jr., et al: Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Exposure and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case-Control Study in Pennsylvania, 2009-2017. Environ Health Perspect 130:87001, 2022
• Parker E: The influence of climate change on skin cancer incidence – A review of the evidence. International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, 2020
•  Praud D, Deygas F, Amadou A, et al: Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Cancers (Basel) 15, 2023

Severe Weather Events and Access to Care

•  Hassan AM, Nogueira L, Lin Y, et al: Impact of Heatwaves on Cancer Care Delivery: Potential Mechanisms, Health Equity Concerns, and Adaptation Strategies. Journal of Clinical Oncology 0:JCO.22.01951, 2023
  
• Man RX, Lack DA, Wyatt CE, et al: The effect of natural disasters on cancer care: a systematic review. Lancet Oncol 19:e482-e499, 2018
• Nogueira LM, Sahar L, Efstathiou JA, et al: Association Between Declared Hurricane Disasters and Survival of Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment. Jama 322:269-271, 2019

Health Care Sector

• ​Chuter R, Stanford-Edwards C, Cummings J, et al: Towards estimating the carbon footprint of external beam radiotherapy. Physica Medica 112:102652, 2023Harm HCW: Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Sector Contributes to the Global Climate Crisis and Opportunities for Action, 2019
• Harm HCW: A navigational tool for achieving zero emissions with climate resilience and health equity; green paper Number Two, Climate-Smart Health Care Series, 2021
• Harm HCW: Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization: A navigational tool for achieving zero emissions with climate resilience and health equity, Climate-Smart Health Care Series, 2021
• Kamboj, J. How you Can Begin Fixing the Effects of Climate Change. Oncology Times, NOvember, 2020
• Leddin D, Galts C, McRobert E, et al: The Carbon Cost of Travel to a Medical Conference: Modelling the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 5:52-58, 2022
• Leddin D, Omary MB, Metz G, et al: Climate change: a survey of global gastroenterology society leadership. Gut, 2022
• Lichter KE, Weinstein HNW, Husain M, et al: National Cancer Institute Centers With Environmental Sustainability Plans for Climate Change. JAMA Netw Open. 6:e2317206. , 2023
• Lichter KE, Bloom JR, Sheu R-D, et al: Tracking and Reducing SF6 Usage in Radiation Oncology: A Step Towards Net-Zero Health Care Emissions. Practical Radiation Oncology, 2023
• Medicine NAo: Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the US Health Care Sector, in NAM Grand Challenge on Climate Change HHaE (ed), 2023
• Meyer M: US Healthcare Sector Can Decarbonize, Reduce Waste, And Improve Public Health With Thoughtful Regulation. Health Affairs Forefront, 2023
• Rabin AS, Pinsky EG: Reducing Health Care's Climate Impact - Mission Critical or Extra Credit? N Engl J Med 389:583-585, 2023
• US Department of Health and Human Services: Health sector commitments to emissions reduction and resilience. . Updated April 28, 2023. , 2023
• Yates EF, Bowder AN, Roa L, et al: Empowering Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, and Obstetricians to Incorporate Environmental Sustainability in the Operating Room. Ann Surg 273:1108-1114, 2021

Underserved Populations

• Ashing KT, Jones V, Bedell F, et al: Calling Attention to the Role of Race-Driven Societal Determinants of Health on Aggressive Tumor Biology: A Focus on Black Americans. JCO Oncol Pract 18:15-22, 2022
• Erhunmwunsee L, Wing SE, Zou X, et al: Neighborhood disadvantage and lung cancer risk in a national cohort of never smoking Black women. Lung Cancer 173:21-27, 2022
• Espinel Z, Shultz JM, Aubry VP, et al: Protecting Vulnerable Patient Populations from Climate Hazards: The Role of the Nations’ Cancer Centers. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2023
• McCormick E: US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution. The Guardian, 2023
• Morello-Frosch R, Obasogie OK: The Climate Gap and the Color Line - Racial Health Inequities and Climate Change. N Engl J Med 388:943-949, 2023
• Tessum CW, Paolella DA, Chambliss SE, et al: PM(2.5) polluters disproportionately and systemically affect people of color in the United States. Sci Adv 7, 2021
• Wing S, Jankowska M, al. e, et al: Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with KRAS‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer risk. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 2022​

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