22 Pesticides Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk [Video]

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22 different pesticides appear to have links to a raised risk for prostate cancerFour of the pesticides are also linked to prostate cancer deathsMany of the chemicals aren’t yet recognized as carcinogens

TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to any one of 22 pesticides may bring heightened odds of developing prostate cancer, a new analysis suggests.

The study was conducted over decades because prostate cancer is known to grow very slowly, noted a team led by Dr. Simon John Christoph Soerensen, of Stanford University in California.

The researchers looked at U.S. data on county-level usage of 295 pesticides. They then compared those results to rates of prostate cancer in counties across the United States.

To account for the 10- to 18-year lag time between carcinogen exposure and the time it takes prostate cancers to grow, Soerensen’s group looked at pesticide-use data from 1997 through 2001.

They then compared that data to rates of prostate cancer for the years …