Chemical pesticides are found to cause significant attritional effects to the nervous system and immune system after prolonged exposure.
Chemicals pesticides are believed to cause illness by a variety of ways. Their harmful effect is obvious. New scientific research is uncovering some important negative health-related issues associated with pesticide use. For example, pesticides were identified by a National Cancer Institute study as a likely cause of elevated rates of certain cancers among farmers.
Farmers are at higher risk than the general population for certain cancers: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, skin melanomas, multiple myeloma, leukemia, and cancers of the lip, stomach, prostate, and brain.
Chemicals pesticides are believed to cause illness by a variety of ways. Their harmful effect is obvious. New scientific research is uncovering some important negative health-related issues associated with pesticide use. For example, pesticides were identified by a National Cancer Institute study as a likely cause of elevated rates of certain cancers among farmers.
Farmers are at higher risk than the general population for certain cancers: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, skin melanomas, multiple myeloma, leukemia, and cancers of the lip, stomach, prostate, and brain.