Footnote

Climate change impacts cancer control through several different pathways. Polluting human activities have two consequences: (1) climate change and (2) increased exposure to carcinogens. Climate change alters the frequency and behavior of extreme weather events creating a (3) feedback loop where climate-driven extreme weather events further increase exposure to carcinogens. (4) Downstream consequences of climate-driven extreme weather events, which behave differently and expose communities to increasingly unpredictable circumstances, include interruptions in cancer control activities.