{"id":628669,"date":"2024-07-25T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T04:00:01","slug":"cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cancer risk from pesticides comparable to smoking in some cases, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0bfd6375\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0bfd6375\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds\/#Contextualizing_cancer_risk\" >Contextualizing cancer risk<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds\/#Pesticide_cocktails\" >Pesticide cocktails<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-in-some-cases-study-finds\/#Seeing_the_bigger_picture\" >Seeing the bigger picture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/pesticide-agriculture.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/pesticide-agriculture.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/pesticide-agriculture.jpg\" alt=\"pesticide agriculture\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In modern day agriculture, pesticides are essential to ensure high enough crop yields and food security. These chemicals, however, can adversely affect plant and animal life as well as the people exposed to them.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    Now, in a population-based, nation-wide study, researchers in the US have put increased cancer risk through agricultural pesticide use into context with smoking, a better understood cancer risk factor. The results were published in <i>Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In our study we found that for some cancers, the effect of agricultural pesticide usage is comparable in magnitude to the effect of smoking,&#8221; said the study&#8217;s senior author, Dr. Isain Zapata, associate professor at the Rocky Vista University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Colorado.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contextualizing_cancer_risk\"><\/span>Contextualizing cancer risk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;We accept that a person who is not a farmer living in a community with heavy agricultural production is exposed to many of the pesticides used in their vicinity. It becomes part of their environment,&#8221; Zapata said.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that in such an environment, the impact of pesticide use on cancer incidence rivaled that of smoking. The strongest association was among non-Hopkins lymphoma, leukemia, and bladder cancer. In these types of cancers, the effects of pesticide exposure were more pronounced than the effects of smoking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We present a list of major pesticide contributors for some specific cancers, but we highlight strongly that it is the combination of all of them and not just a single one that matters,&#8221; Zapata pointed out.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pesticide_cocktails\"><\/span>Pesticide cocktails<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Because pesticides aren&#8217;t used one at a time, the researchers said it is unlikely that one alone is to blame. Although some pesticides are discussed more frequently than others, all\u2014and mostly their combination\u2014can have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the researchers included 69 pesticides for which use data is available via the United States Geological Survey. &#8220;In the real world, it is not likely that people are exposed to a single pesticide, but more to a cocktail of pesticides within their region,&#8221; Zapata said.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers said their study is the first comprehensive evaluation of cancer risk from a population-based perspective at a national level. So far, no large-scale study has examined the big picture and put pesticide use in context with a cancer risk factor that is no longer questioned, in this case smoking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is difficult to explain the magnitude of an issue without presenting any context, so we incorporated smoking data. We were surprised to see estimates in similar ranges,&#8221; Zapata said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seeing_the_bigger_picture\"><\/span>Seeing the bigger picture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The researchers said that while their study extends knowledge about pesticide use in the US, cancer risk factors are complicated and assessing the big picture may not reflect individual outcomes. For example, geography has a strong impact. In regions where more crops are grown, such as the Midwest, which is famous for its corn production, the associations between pesticides and cancer incidence were more striking.<\/p>\n<p>Getting people, including those who are not exposed to pesticides frequently, to think about the problems pesticide use poses in a bigger context is one of the researchers&#8217; goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time I go to the supermarket to buy food, I think of a farmer who was part of making that product. These people often put themselves at risk for my convenience and that plays a role in my <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation for that product. It definitely has had an impact on how I feel when that forgotten tomato in the fridge goes bad and I have to put it in the trash,&#8221; said Zapata.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                    <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                    Comprehensive assessment of pesticide usage patterns and increased cancer risk, <i>Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society<\/i> (2024). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3389\/fcacs.2024.1368086\">DOI: 10.3389\/fcacs.2024.1368086<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Cancer risk from pesticides comparable to smoking in some cases, study finds (2024, July 25)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 25 July 2024<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-07-cancer-pesticides-cases.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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