CHE Toxicant and Disease Database
Hodgkin's Disease (lymphoma)
Causes [strength of evidence]:
Notes
^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC). In addition to groups or individual pesticides listed, pesticide exposure in applicators, manufacturers and agricultural workers has been associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma. In these situations, the individual is exposed to mixtures of pesticides or different pesticides at different times and a correlation between an individual pesticide and disease can not be made.
References:
- Baker SR and Wilkinson CF, ed. The Effects of Pesticides on Human Health. Workshop Proceedings, Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology XVIII. May 9-11, 1998. Princeton Science Publishing, Princeton.
- Bertazzi, P.A. et al. Health Effects of dioxin exposure: a 20-year mortality study. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153(11):1031-1044.
- Dich, J. et al. Pesticides and Cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 1997;8:420-443.
- Frumkin, H. Agent Orange and Cancer: an Overview for Clinicians. CA Cancer J Clin 2003;53(4):245-255.
- Wartenberg D. et al. Trichloroethylene and Cancer: Epidemiologic Evidence. Environ Health Perspect 2000;108(Suppl 2):161-176.
- Zahm W. and Hoar S. Pesticides and Childhood Cancer. Environ Health Perspect 1998;106(Suppl 3):893-908.
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