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New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system tumors in children
"Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children."
A new study and first of its kind found direct evidence that links pesticide exposure to childhood central nervous system tumors. The study, which was published in Environmental Research, was used “to estimate effects for a large number of specific pesticides in relation to CNS tumor subtypes.”
The research examined data from the California Cancer Registry regarding certain types of cancer cases in children who were born between 1998 and 2011, who lived in rural areas, and found that exposure to pesticides chlorthalonil, bromacil, thiophanate-methyl, triforine, kresoxim-methyl, propiconazole, dimethoate and linuron all increased tumor risk.