Directly from the USA: Certain Pesticides Tied to Increased Prostate Cancer Incidence, Mortality
Some pesticides are associated with increased prostate cancer incidence and mortality, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in Cancer.
Simon John Christoph Soerensen, M.D., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues examined the potential role of agricultural pesticide exposure in prostate cancer incidence and mortality. The annual use of 295 distinct pesticides was measured and the associations with prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in the contiguous United States were assessed. Data were analyzed for 1997-2001 pesticide use with 2011-2015 outcomes and 2002-2006 pesticide use with 2016-2020 outcomes (discovery and replication cohorts, respectively).
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