Toxicant and Disease Database
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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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Prostate cancer
Causes Grouped by strength of evidence
Good Evidence | Limited Evidence PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), not otherwise specified |
Notes
# - Group 2A human carcinogen, ^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC) (IARC), Polymorphisms of genes for enzymes NAT-1, CYP2D6*B, and GSTT1 have been weakly associated with increased risks of prostate ca. Pesticide exposure in applicators, manufacturers, and farmers has been associated with prostate ca. In these studies, the individual was exposed to mixtures of pesticides that are unidentifiable from study designs.
