Study reveals links between many pesticides and prostate cancer

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-14 04:13:56 | Updated at 2024-11-22 06:11:17 1 week ago

Study reveals links between many pesticides and prostate cancer
Medical Xpress / Wiley / Cancer ^ | Nov. 4, 2024 | Simon John Christoph Soerensen, MD et a

Posted on 11/13/2024 7:51:55 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality.

To assess county-level associations of 295 pesticides with prostate cancer across counties in the United States, investigators conducted an environment-wide association study, using a lag period between exposure and prostate cancer incidence of 10–18 years to account for the slow-growing nature of most prostate cancers. The years 1997–2001 were assessed for pesticide use and 2011–2015 for prostate cancer outcomes. Similarly, 2002–2006 were analyzed for pesticide use and 2016–2020 for outcomes.

Among the 22 pesticides showing consistent direct associations with prostate cancer incidence across both time-based analyses were three that had previously been linked to prostate cancer, including 2,4D, one of the most frequently used pesticides in the United States. The 19 candidate pesticides not previously linked to prostate cancer included 10 herbicides, several fungicides and insecticides, and a soil fumigant.

Four pesticides that were linked to prostate cancer incidence were also associated with prostate cancer mortality: three herbicides (trifluralin, cloransulam-methyl, and diflufenzopyr) and one insecticide (thiamethoxam). Only trifluralin is classed by the Environmental Protection Agency as a "possible human carcinogen," whereas the other three are considered "not likely to be carcinogenic" or have evidence of "non-carcinogenicity."

"This research demonstrates the importance of studying environmental exposures, such as pesticide use, to potentially explain some of the geographic variation we observe in prostate cancer incidence and deaths across the United States," said Simon John Christoph Soerensen, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine.

"By building on these findings, we can advance our efforts to pinpoint risk factors for prostate cancer and work towards reducing the number of men affected by this disease."

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2 posted on 11/13/2024 7:52:24 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

To: ConservativeMind

Pesticides are killers in diverse ways. My health was ruined years ago after a neighbor sprayed super strength diazanon all over his yard at night and then left for a week to stay in a motel. My windows, a few feet away, were open.

3 posted on 11/13/2024 7:55:18 PM PST by little jeremiah (https://qalerts.app/)

To: ConservativeMind

In my husband’s family it is hereditary.

4 posted on 11/13/2024 7:57:12 PM PST by madison10

To: little jeremiah

5 posted on 11/13/2024 7:57:40 PM PST by madison10

To: ConservativeMind

2,4D is an herbicide, not and insecticide. Article suspect.

6 posted on 11/13/2024 8:00:22 PM PST by dmcnash (Back off! I'm a Scientist.)

To: dmcnash

I agree the term does not apply to 2,4 D, but this sentence shows the actual chemical genres reviewed:

“The 19 candidate pesticides not previously linked to prostate cancer included 10 herbicides, several fungicides and insecticides, and a soil fumigant.”

They are using a strange definition.

7 posted on 11/13/2024 8:04:51 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

To: ConservativeMind

Do these idiots make a distinction between herbicides and pesticides?

8 posted on 11/13/2024 8:07:08 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)

To: ConservativeMind

Without delving into all the details, this study seems odd. They’re finding an association many years later, to exposure to one broad class of chemicals, pesticides and herbicides.
Wouldn’t the subjects have had environmental exposure to many other things over all those years?

9 posted on 11/13/2024 8:11:35 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)

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