Prostate cancer
A case-control study of farming and prostate cancer in African-American and Caucasian men - Finds farming is associated with increase risk of prostate cancer in Caucasians but not African-Americans. The study also finds that farmers who mixed or applied pesticides have a greater risk and, the increased risk is found only for those farming less than 5 years. [Meyer, T.E., et al. 2007. Occup Environ Med 64(3):155-160.]
Cancer incidence in a cohort of licensed pesticide applicators in Florida - Finds an increased incidence rate for prostate cancer (SIR 1.91). [Fleming, L., et al. 1999. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 41(4):279-288.]
Cancer mortality among Iowa farmers: recent results, time trends, and lifestyle factors (United States) - Shows an excess of deaths for cancers of the prostate (1.26 PMR).[Cerhan, J.R., et al. 1998. Cancer Causes Control 9(3):311-319.]
Correlation analysis of pesticide use data and cancer incidence rates in California counties - Finds a correlation between black males diagnosed with prostate cancer and atrazine and captan. [Mills, P.K. 1998. Arch Environ Health 53(6):410-413.]
Meta-analyses of prostate cancer and farming - A meta-analyses of prostate cancer and farming studies between 1983 and 1994 finds a positive association between prostate cancer and farming, which the study authors attribute to exposure to hormonally active agricultural chemicals. [Keller-Byrne, J.E., et al. 1997. Am J Ind Med 31(5):580-586.]
Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents. - Finds elevated levels for prostate cancer (PMR 293). [Kross, B.C., et al. 1996. Am J Ind Med 29(5):501-506.]
Prostate cancer and exposure to pesticides in agricultural settings - Individuals that have worked in agriculture is associated with a 40% increased risk of prostate cancer. [Settimi, L., et al. 2003. Int J Cancer 104(4):458-461.]
Prostate cancer risk in California farm workers - Hispanic farmworkers found to be at increased risk for prostate cancer when exposed to certain organochlorines, organophosphates, fumigants and triazine herbicides. [Mills, P.K. and Yang, R. 2003. J Occup Environ Med 45(3):249-258.]
Use of agricultural pesticides and prostate cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study cohort - Finds significant increase risk for prostate cancer linked to butylate); coumaphos , fonofos , chlorpyrifos and phorate ; and a pyrethroid, permethrin. [Alavanja, M., et al. 2003. American Journal of Epidemiology 157:800-814.]
Use of Agricultural Pesticides and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort. - Finds Methyl bromide linked to the risk of prostate cance. Exposure to six other pesticides -chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, fonofos, phorate, permethrin, and butylate- was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer among men with a family history of the disease. [Alavanja MC, et al. 2003. Am J Epidemiol 157(9):800-14.]