Videos

Dr. Catherine Metayer presents results on children’s and parents’ exposures to carcinogens such as those found in paints, solvents, pesticides, air pollution, and tobacco smoke and the risk of childhood leukemia. Dr. Metayer also discusses maternal diet during pregnancy and prenatal folate/vitamin supplementation and the reduced risk of childhood leukemia. Watch this video to learn more about harmful environmental exposures and their link to cancer. Please also visit the CHE Cancer Webinar page for more information.

Dr. Todd Whitehead provides an example of environmental contributors to cancer. Highlighting examples from “Stephen’s Story,” a chapter in the award-winning A Story of Health eBook and continuing education course.

Dr. Metayer provides an overview of CLIC and discusses the associations between maternal supplementation with folic acid and other vitamins and risk of leukemia in offspring.

Dr. Metayer presents findings on risk factors of childhood leukemia. Her population-based studies examine the association between occupational exposures to pesticides, home use of paints, maternal smoking during pregnancy, prenatal paternal smoking and children exposure to tobacco smoking and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).