ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2017
Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer.
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- Time for Re-Evaluating the Human Carcinogenicity of Ethylenedithiocarbamate Fungicides? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides as Drivers of Human Disease: Mechanistic Toxicology and Life-Course Health Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Occupational Variation in Thyroid Cancer Incidence in the Nordic Countries.Oncology and therapy · 2026Article
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- Potential health risks to disinfection workers from exposure to active substances in COVID-19 biocidal products.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exposures to pesticides and risk of cancer: Evaluation of recent epidemiological evidence in humans and paths forward.International journal of cancer · 2023Article
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- Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001-2016.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2021Article
- Changing incidence and projections of thyroid cancer in mainland China, 1983-2032: evidence from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- The use of pesticides in Polish agriculture after integrated pest management (IPM) implementation.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Infectious Diseases: From Endocrine Disruption to Immunosuppression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- The pesticides use and the risk for head and neck cancer: A review of case-control studies.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2021Review
- Pesticide exposure and incident thyroid cancer among male pesticide applicators in agricultural health study.Environment international · 2021Article
- Circular Economy in Conjunction with Treatment Methodologies in the Biomedical and Dental Waste Sectors.Circular economy and sustainability · 2021Review
- Agrochemicals with estrogenic endocrine disrupting properties: Lessons Learned?Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2020Review
- A Study of Artificial Sweeteners and Thyroid Cancer Risk.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Medical Surveillance and Incidence of Post-September 11, 2001, Thyroid Cancer in World Trade Center-Exposed Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Workers.JAMA internal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the associations between occupational exposure to biocides and pesticides and risk of thyroid cancer.
methodsUsing data from a population-based case-control study involving 462 incident thyroid cancer cases and 498 controls in Connecticut collected in 2010-2011, we examined the association with occupational exposure to biocides and pesticides through a job-exposure matrix. We used unconditional logistic regression models to estimate OR and 95% CI, adjusting for potential confounders.
resultsIndividuals who were occupationally ever exposed to biocides had an increased risk of thyroid cancer (OR=1.65, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.35), and the highest risk was observed for the high cumulative probability of exposure (OR=2.18, 95% CI 1.28 to 3.73). The observed associations were similar when we restricted to papillary thyroid cancer and well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Stronger associations were observed for thyroid microcarcinomas (tumour size ≤1 cm). No significant association was observed for occupational exposure to pesticides.
conclusionsOur study provides the first evidence linking occupational exposure to biocides and risk of thyroid cancer. The results warrant further investigation.
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