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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Thyroid cancer
Causes Grouped by strength of evidence
Strong Evidence | Good Evidence | Limited Evidence PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), not otherwise specified |
Notes
# - Group 2A human carcinogen, ^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC) Pesticide exposure in agricultural areas and in farmers with diverse exposures to mixtures of pesticides has been associated with thyroid cancer. In these studies, it was not possible to correlate an individual pesticide exposure with disease. The link with oryzalin was shown in animal studies.
