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."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
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.
In my husband’s family it is hereditary.
That is horrible!
2,4D is an herbicide, not and insecticide. Article suspect.
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.
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?
Pesticide incudes both herbicides and insecticides.
Within a week, at 3 months pregnant, I had a horrible, painful miscarriage. Within a year I had asthma, MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) and rheumatoid arthritis. I have the asthma under control as long as I don’t go any place where there are artificial fragrances, and I cured the RA after 5 years of herbs. the MCS is still there; this all happened about 40 years ago. There are plenty of ways of getting rid of bad bugs that don’t involve neurotoxins, which most pesticides are, unfortunately.
Try this: give researchers a terabyte of totally random data. How many patterns can they find? Despite the data being completely meaningless, with their modern statistical tools they can find amazing patterns and correlations. Patterns are common in random noise, but mean absolutely nothing. But by playing to our fears, researchers can make a career out of finding them.
The truth is, most researchers never discover anything of importance.
My father’s aggressive prostate cancer was attributed to exposure to agent orange.
Sounds like a clear criminal negligence lawsuit here.
Herbicides are considered a class or subset of pesticides.
“My father’s aggressive prostate cancer was attributed to exposure to agent orange.”
As is mine.
I haven’t tried it myself, but Dr. Mercola claims progesterone on the gums with bio-natural vitamin E can help remove toxins.
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