Cancer and occupational exposure to pesticides: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim was to identify the scope of the epidemiology literature reviewed regarding the risk of cancer as related to occupational exposure to pesticides and to compare regulatory toxicity results where feasible.

Methods

Review studies of breast, lung, prostate, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and colorectal cancer were identified from the published literature from 2010 to 2020 using a priori inclusion and exclusion criteria. Epidemiology observations were first assessed and then compared against carcinogenicity profiles derived from regulatory toxicology studies.

Results

Several active ingredients were associated with specific cancer but overall, there was neither strong nor consistent epidemiologic data supportive of a positive association between pesticide exposure in

SUBMITTER: Burns CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature