Of these, only trifluralin is classified as a “possible human carcinogen” by the EPA. Consumer Reports Found 'Alarming' Levels of Pesticides in US Produce The analysis suggests that ...
Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality.
To account for the 10- to 18-year lag time between carcinogen exposure and the time it takes prostate cancers to grow, Soerensen's group looked at pesticide-use data from 1997 through 2001.
Eight pesticides were found at the air monitoring stations, including 1,3-dichloropropene, a fumigant and probable human carcinogen used to kill crop-damaging pests in soil. That pesticide was ...
to assess the carcinogenic risks to humans of five “organophosphate” pesticides: glyphosate, diazinon, malathion, parathion, and tetrachlorvinphos. Glyphosate was already “the most heavily ...