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Tebbi CK, Sahakian E. Comment on "Association between Residential Proximity to Viticultural Areas and Childhood Acute Leukemia Risk in Mainland France: GEOCAP Case-Control Study, 2006-2013". ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2024; 132:48003. [PMID: 38656821 PMCID: PMC11042526 DOI: 10.1289/ehp14904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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- Cameron K. Tebbi
- Children’s Cancer Research Group Laboratory, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Clinical Sciences Laboratory, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Dutra LS, Ferreira AP, Horta MAP, Palhares PR. Uso de agrotóxicos e mortalidade por câncer em regiões de monoculturas. SAÚDE EM DEBATE 2020. [DOI: 10.1590/0103-1104202012706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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RESUMO O uso de agrotóxicos na agricultura brasileira é um problema de saúde pública, dadas as contaminações no ambiente, em alimentos e as intoxicações resultantes do uso dessas substâncias. O objetivo deste artigo é investigar a distribuição espacial das áreas plantadas de lavouras e as taxas de mortalidade de alguns tipos de câncer: mama, colo do útero e próstata. Escolheram-se quatro estados brasileiros que possuem grande produção de commodities agrícolas a serem estudadas. Trata-se de um estudo ecológico de análise espacial conduzido com dados e informações do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM) do Ministério da Saúde, por meio do qual elaboraram-se taxas de mortalidade para os referidos tipos de câncer, cujos óbitos tenham ocorrido entre 1996 e 2016. Há indícios de que existe correspondência entre as áreas de maior estimativa de uso de agrotóxicos Disruptores Endócrinos e o aumento das taxas de mortalidade pelos diferentes tipos de câncer.
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Chen M, Brun F, Raynal M, Makowski D. Delaying the first grapevine fungicide application reduces exposure on operators by half. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6404. [PMID: 32286348 PMCID: PMC7156528 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62954-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Downy mildew is a severe disease of grapevines treated by repeated fungicide applications during the growing season. The impact of these treatments on human health is currently under scrutiny. Fungicide application long before disease onset is not thought to be greatly beneficial for grape production, but the first fungicide treatment is applied at least six weeks before disease onset in more than 50% of the vineyards in the Bordeaux region, a major French vine-growing area. We estimate that applying one fungicide every two weeks at disease onset would reduce fungicide applications against downy mildew by 56% (95%IC = [51.0%, 61.3%]), on average, relative to current levels. This decrease is slightly greater than the level of exposure reduction resulting from the random suppression of one out of every two fungicide treatments (i.e. 50%). The reduction is lower when treatments are sprayed weekly but still reaches at least 12.4% (95%IC = [4.3%, 20.8%]) in this case. We show that this and other strategies reducing the number of treatments would decrease operator exposure to pesticides as effectively as the use of various types of personal protective equipments in the Bordeaux region. The implementation of this strategy would significantly decrease fungicide use, health risks, and adverse environmental impacts of vineyards.
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- Mathilde Chen
- ACTA - les instituts techniques agricoles, 149 rue de Bercy, Paris cedex 12, 75595, France.
- Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, UMR Agronomie, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France.
- Inserm U1153, CRESS, Epidemiology of Ageing and Neurodegenerative diseases, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
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- ACTA - les instituts techniques agricoles, 149 rue de Bercy, Paris cedex 12, 75595, France
- INRAE, UMR AGIR, 31326, Castanet Tolosan cedex, France
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- IFV, Bordeaux Nouvelle Aquitaine, UMT SEVEN, 71 Avenue E Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, UMR Agronomie, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
- CIRED, 45bis Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, 94130, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
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Farzaneh F, Mehrparvar AH, Lotfi MH. Occupations and the Risk of Bladder Cancer in Yazd Province: A Case-Control Study. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 2018; 8:191-198. [PMID: 28970593 PMCID: PMC6679604 DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2017.1085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Background: Bladder cancer is the most common cancer of the urinary tract, with known occupational causes. The most effective way to prevent occupational cancers of the urinary tract is to prevent exposure to known carcinogens. Objective: To examine the relationship between occupation and the risk of bladder cancer. Methods: This case-control study was performed on 200 patients with bladder cancer and 200 healthy individuals in Yazd. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and based on interviews with patients and controls. Results: The mean age of cases and controls were 61.5 (SD 13.6) and 61.5 (13.3) years, respectively. Level of education, type of occupation, family history of bladder cancer in the first-degree relatives, and history of chronic and recurrent urinary tract infection, kidney and bladder stones, and using hair dye, were considered the main predictors for bladder cancer. Conclusion: There was a significant difference between cases and controls in terms of type of occupation. The risk of bladder cancer was higher among those working in high-risk occupations—metal working, textile, driving, farming, and construction.
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- Fatemeh Farzaneh
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Industrial Diseases Research Center, Department of Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Polanco Rodríguez ÁG, Riba López MI, DelValls Casillas TÁ, Araujo León JA, Mahjoub O, Prusty AK. Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides in blood of women with uterine cervix cancer. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:853-862. [PMID: 27876223 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 10/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In Yucatan, Mexico, chronic exposure of Mayan population to pesticides is expected as about 30 per cent are drinking polluted water. Residues of organochlorine pesticides (OCP) were monitored in 18 municipalities of Yucatan with high mortality rates due to uterine cervix cancer. 70 blood samples collected from Mayan women living in livestock, agricultural and metropolitan area were analyzed for OCP. Solid Phase Extraction was performed on C18 cartridges and analyzed by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detector. The results showed that the highest OCP levels were detected in blood of women living in the livestock area. OCP detected were endosulfan I (7.35 μg/mL), aldrin (3.69 μg/mL), 4,4' DDD (2.33 μg/mL), 1.39 and 1.46 μg/mL of δ-HCH. Women from the agricultural area had high concentrations of OCP in their blood, particularly dieldrin (1.19 μg/mL), and 1.26 μg/mL of 4,4' DDE. In the metropolitan area, 0.080 μg/mL of γ-HCH and 0.064 μg/mL of heptachlore were detected. This monitoring study was also based on epidemiological data of uterine cervical cancer. It was found that environmental factors may have facilitated the infiltration of OCP to the aquifer used for potable water supply. These factors in addition to poverty can have impacts on public health. This first exploratory study suggests that monitoring of OCP in human is important for the establishment of health promotion programs. The integrative analysis of both, environmental and social factors would be helpful to characterize the bioaccumulation of pesticides in humans.
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- Ángel G Polanco Rodríguez
- Laboratorio de Medicina Social y Salud Pública, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Av. Itzáez x 59 #490, Centro, C.P. 97000, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
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- UNESCO/UNITWIN Wicop, Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- UNESCO/UNITWIN Wicop, Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Cromatografía, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, C. 43 No. 613 x C. 90 Col. Inalámbrica, C.P. 97069, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry, Hédi Karrai Street, P.O. Box 10, 2080, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Environmental Impact Assessment Division, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Post Box - 83, Mundra Road, Opp. Changleshwar Temple, Bhuj 370001, Gujarat, India
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Amr S, Dawson R, Saleh DA, Magder LS, Mikhail NN, St George DM, Squibb K, Khaled H, Loffredo CA. Agricultural workers and urinary bladder cancer risk in Egypt. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 2014; 69:3-10. [PMID: 23930791 PMCID: PMC3819117 DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2012.719556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The authors examined the associations between farming and the risk for squamous cell (SCC) or urothelial cell (UC) carcinoma of the urinary bladder among Egyptians. The authors used data from a multicenter case-control study (1,525 male and 315 female cases, and 2,069 male and 547 female age- and residence-matched, population-based controls) to calculate adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Men in farming and who never smoked had increased risk for either SCC or UC (AOR [95% CI]: 4.65 [2.59-8.36] and 6.22 [3.82-10.15], respectively). If they ever smoked, their risks were 2.27 (1.75-2.95) and 1.93 (1.58-2.35), respectively. Women in farmer households were at increased risk for SCC (1.40 [0.93-2.09] and UC [1.25 (0.82-1.89]), although not statistically significant. Occupational and environmental exposures to farming increased the risk for bladder cancer among Egyptians.
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- Sania Amr
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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The Institute of Medicine did not find the vitamin D–cancer link because it ignored UV-B dose studies. Public Health Nutr 2011; 14:745-6. [DOI: 10.1017/s1368980011000267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Baumann KH, Müller O, Naujok HB, Mann E, Barth P, Wagner U. Small-area analysis of incidence and localisation of vulvar cancer. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2010; 2010:512032. [PMID: 20652011 PMCID: PMC2906180 DOI: 10.1155/2010/512032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Objective. Vulvar cancer is a rare disease mainly in older women. HPV and non-HPV induced vulvar cancer reflect two types of oncogenesis. Controversies exist on most recent developments in vulvar cancer incidence, patients, and disease characteristics. Changes in incidence, age of disease onset, and tumor site in women treated for primary vulvar cancer in a single German university hospital unit will be described. Methods. A retrospective analysis of patient records of women treated between 1994 and 2008 was performed. The fifteen-year-spanning period was divided into three five year-spanning cohorts. Descriptive and statistical analyses were performed. Results. 104 patients were identified: cohort-1 from 1994 to 1998 (11 patients); cohort-2 from 1999 to 2003 (21 patients); cohort-3 from 2004 to 2008 (72 patients). Mean age (years) was 73.18 (confidence interval (CI): 64.04; 82.33), 58.9 (CI: 52.24; 65.57), and 61.19 (CI: 57.27; 65.12), respectively. Vulvar cancer confined to the region between clitoris and urethra was seen more often in cohort-3 (n = 20) compared to cohort-1 (n = 0) or cohort-2 (n = 1). Conclusion. This analysis supports the notion of rising incidence of vulvar cancer and a changing pattern of anatomical local extension. Disease onset is not restricted to older women.
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- Klaus H. Baumann
- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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