Common Household Pesticides Linked To Childhood Cancer Cases In Washington Area
Monday, August 3, 2009 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers find a higher level of common household pesticides in the urine of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer that develops most commonly between three and seven years of age. The findings should not be seen as cause-and-effect, but suggests an association between pesticide exposure and development of childhood ALL.