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Pesticides
Linked with Prostate Cancer in Farmers
(Washington, Reuters Health, 5/1/03)
US government researchers from the National Cancer
Institure (NCI), the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
studied 55,332 agricultural workers in Iowa and North
Carolina. The investigators found that these workers, who are
routinely exposed to pesticides, are 14% more likely to
develop prostate cancer than the general public. |