A major study published in Nature Health found that environmental exposure to multiple agricultural pesticides is linked to a 150% higher cancer risk in Peru, even though the individual chemicals are not classified as known human carcinogens. Researchers from multiple institutions mapped pesticide dispersion across the country from 2014-2019 and compared the data with cancer registry records from over 150,000 patients, revealing that pesticide mixtures may cause early biological changes that increase cancer susceptibility years before diagnosis.
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A major study published in Nature Health found that environmental exposure to multiple agricultural pesticides is linked to a 150% higher cancer risk in Peru, even though the individual chemicals are not classified as known human carcinogens. Researchers from multiple institutions mapped pesticide dispersion across the country from 2014-2019 and compared the data with cancer registry records from over 150,000 patients, revealing that pesticide mixtures may cause early biological changes that increase cancer susceptibility years before diagnosis.