ArticleScientific reports2024
Associations between pesticide use and rheumatoid arthritis among older farmers in the Agricultural Health Study.
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- Pesticides, Rheumatic Diseases, and Emerging Environmental Threats: A Scoping Review of Epidemiologic and Mechanistic Evidence.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 2026Article
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Pesticides and farming have been associated with increased rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, but the role of specific pesticides remains unknown. We examined RA risk among licensed pesticide applicators (97% white male farmers), from North Carolina and Iowa, in the Agricultural Health Study, in relation to lifetime use of 45 pesticides reported at enrollment (1993-1997, updated 1999-2003). In 22,642 applicators ages ≥ 67 years with ≥ 24 months Fee for Service Medicare data (1999-2016), we identified 161 (0.7%) incident cases with ≥ 2 RA claims (including ≥ 1 by a rheumatologist), ≥ 30 days apart, after ≥ 12 months without RA claims. Relative risks (RR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) were calculated using log-binomial models adjusted for age, state, education, smoking, and correlated pesticides. Risk was elevated (RR > 1.5 or lower CI > 0.95) for use of nine pesticides: four insecticides [malathion (RR = 1.77;95%CI = 1.14-2.73), phorate (1.40;0.96-2.04), carbaryl (1.65;1.10-2.46), carbofuran (1.41;0.99-2.01)], four herbicides [alachlor (RR = 1.40;95%CI 0.99-1.98), metolachlor (1.57;1.11-2.23), S-Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate (1.57;1.00-2.44), metribuzin (1.45; 1.01, 2.08)], and one fungicide [benomyl (1.56;0.99-2.44)]. Exposure-response was seen for greater intensity-weighted lifetime days use of malathion and carbofuran (p-trends = 0.03 and 0.05). Some specific pesticides, including several currently approved and commonly used in agricultural, public health, or residential settings may increase RA risk among older adults.
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