Bladder cancer

Geographical differences of cancer incidence in Costa Rica in relation to environmental and occupational pesticide exposure - A study in Costa Rica finds heavy pesticide use in rural counties is associated with an increase risk for bladder cancer in males (OR 1.71). [Wesseling, C., et al. 1999. International Journal of Epidemiology 28:365-374.]

Heterocyclic aromatic amine pesticide use and human cancer risk: results form the U.S. Agricultural Health Study - A prospective cohort study of the Agricultural Health Study evaluated imazethapyr, a heterocyclic aromatic amine herbicide, finding significant trend in risk with increasing lifetime exposure for bladder cancer, limited to proximal cancers. [Koutros, S., et al. 2009. Int J Cancer 124(5):1206-1212.]