Our latest systematic review and meta-analysis is now published! 
 Using the comet assay, this study shows that exposure to combustion-derived air pollution — including traffic emissions, biomass burning and coke oven emissions — is consistently associated with increased DNA strand breaks in human biomonitoring studies.
 Key takeaways:
• Strong evidence across multiple exposure scenarios
• Larger effects observed in middle-income countries
• Reinforces the comet assay as a powerful tool in environmental health research
 Mutation Research – Reviews in Mutation Research (2026)
Open access – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrrev.2025.108583