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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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dichlorvos

CAS number: 62-73-7

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Good Evidence

Aplastic anemia

Brain cancer - childhood

Immune suppression

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Limited Evidence

Adult-onset leukemias

Childhood leukemias

Prostate cancer

Stomach cancer

Thrombocytopenia

References

Flower KB, Hoppin JA, Lynch CF, Blair A, Knott C, Shore DL, Sandler DP. Cancer risks and parental pesticide application in children of Agricultural Health Study participants. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2004 Apr;112(5):631-635.

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Morris Brown L, Blair A, Gibson R, Everett GD, Cantor KP et al. Pesticide exposures and other agricultural risk factors for leukemia among men in Iowa and Minnesota. Cancer Research. 1990 Oct;50(20):6585-6591.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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