Pesticide exposure and lung cancer mortality in Leningrad province in Russia

Lee, Won Jin; Baccarelli, Andrea; Tretiakova, Maria; Горбанев, С. А.; Lomtev, A. Yu.; Klimkina, Irina; Tchibissov, Vladimir; Averkina, Olga; Dosemeci, Mustafa

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2005.10.001

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“…Rate ratios (adjusting for other pesticide exposures and demographic factors): Lung cancer: 2.18 (95% CI: 1.31-3.64) Lee et al (2006) No significant association is found between pesticide exposures and mortality of lung cancer in the population of Leningrad Data collected: 540 lung cancer cases and 582 controls obtained from the registers of people dying in the hospitals of Leningrad between 1993 and1998. No significant odds ratios between pesticide exposure and lung cancer mortality: 1.06 (95% CI: 0.82 -1.36).…”

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Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis

Tago¹,

Andersson²,

Treich³

2014

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research

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In this paper, we provide reviews of recent scientific findings on health effects and preference valuation of health risks related to pesticides, and the role of benefit-cost analysis in policies related to pesticides. Our reviews reveal that whereas the focus of the health literature has been on individuals with direct exposure to pesticides, e.g. farmers, the literature on preference elicitation has focused on those with indirect exposure, e.g. consumers. Our discussion of pesticides policies emphasizes the need to clarify the rationale for regulation and the role of risk perceptions in benefit-cost analysis, and stress the importance of inter-disciplinary research in this area.

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Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis

Tago¹,

Andersson²,

Treich³

2014

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research

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“…However, most of the crop productions manufacturing worker studies were comprised of white males or ethnicity was not stated. As in other studies of pesticide exposure and lung cancer, we found no confounding effect from smoking [22,[31][32][33]. Currently, there are over 5,000 antimicrobial pesticides (e.g., sterilizers, disinfectants, sanitizers, antiseptics, and germicides) registered with the EPA [34] and chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite is commonly found in industrial cleaning products.…”

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Assessing environmental and occupational risk factors for lung cancer in Mexican–Americans

McHugh

Kachroo

Liu

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Cancer Causes Control

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“…Number of cumulative cigarettes smoked over a life time was calculated by multiplying the number of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years. Those who smoked <109,500 cigarettes were considered a light smoker, while those who smoked ≥109,500 cigarettes were a heavy smoker 28 .…”

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Pesticide exposure and lung cancer risk: A case-control study in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Kangkhetkron

Juntarawijit

2020

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Background: Pesticide exposure might increase risk of lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the historical use of pesticides commonly found in Thailand, and lung cancer. Methods: This case-control study compared a lifetime pesticide exposure of 233 lung cancer cases, and 447 healthy neighbours matched for gender, and age (±5 years). Data on demographic, pesticide exposure and other related factors were collected using a face-to-face interview questionnaire. Associations between lung cancer and types of pesticides as well as individual pesticides were analyzed using logistic regression adjusted for gender (male, female), age (≤54, 55-64, 65-74, ≥75), cigarette smoking ( never smoked, smoked < 109,500, smoked ≥ 109,500), occupation (farmer, non-farmer), cooking fumes exposure (yes, no), and exposure to air pollution (yes, no). Results: It was found that lung cancer was positively associated with lifetime use of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Compared to people in the lowest quartile of number of days using the herbicides and insecticides, those in a higher quartile had an elevated risk of lung cancer, with odds ratio (OR) between 3.31 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.49–7.34), and 12.58 (95% CI 5.70-27.75) (p < 0.001). For fungicides, only the most exposed group had a significant risk (OR = 4.25; 95% CI 1.23-14.72). For individual pesticides, those presenting a significant association with lung cancer were dieldrin (OR = 2.56; 95% CI 1.36-4.81), chlorpyrifos (OR = 3.29; 95 % CI 1.93-5.61), and carbofuran (OR = 2.10; 95% CI 1.28-3.42). Conclusions: The results showed that lung cancer among Thai people in Nakhon Sawan province is associated with previous pesticide use. This finding was consistent with previous studies in other parts of the world. Further study should focus on identifying more individual compounds that may cause lung cancer, as well as other types of cancer.

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Pesticide exposure and lung cancer mortality in Leningrad province in Russia

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis

Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects, Valuation of Risks, and Benefit-Cost Analysis

Assessing environmental and occupational risk factors for lung cancer in Mexican–Americans

Pesticide exposure and lung cancer risk: A case-control study in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

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