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atrazine

CAS number: 1912-24-9

Diseases linked to this toxicant Grouped by strength of evidence

Good Evidence Abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, and sperm count) Low birth weight / small for gestational age / intra-uterine growth retardation Menstrual disorders (abnormal bleeding, short cycles, long cycles, irregular cycles, painful periods)	Limited Evidence Adult-onset leukemias Altered time to sexual maturation (accelerated or delayed puberty) Brain cancer - adult Breast cancer Cardiac congenital malformations Genito-urinary malformations (includes male and female) Hormonal changes (levels of circulating sex hormones - FSH/LH, Inhibin, and/or estrogens, progesterones, androgens, prolactin) Immune suppression Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's) Prostate cancer Skeletal malformations

References

Arbuckle T, Lin Z, Mery LS. An exploratory analysis of the effect of pesticide exposure on the risk of spontaneous abortion in an Ontario farm population. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2001 Aug;109(8):851-7.

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.

Laws SC, Ferrell JM, Stoker TE, Schmid J, Cooper RL. The effects of atrazine on female Wistar rats: an evaluation of the protocol for assessing pubertal development and thyroid function. Toxicological Sciences. 2000 Dec;58(2):366-76.

MacLennan PA, Delzell E, Sathiakumar N, Myers SL, Cheng H, Grizzle W, Chen VW, Wu XC. Cancer incidence among triazine herbicide manufacturing workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2002 Nov;44(11):1048-58.

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

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Information in this database was originally drawn from these texts:

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

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