Job exposure to pesticide may raise cancer risk (Reuters)
29th Nov 2005, 18:07 GMT
Reuters - Daily on-the-job exposure to the pesticide diazinon appears to increase the risk of lung cancer and possibly other cancers, according to new findings from the US government-sponsored Agricultural Health Study, a project begun in 1993 to investigate the health effects of pesticides on farm families in Iowa and North Carolina.
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