The risk of developing blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma increases significantly in children exposed to...

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The risk of developing blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma increases significantly in children exposed to pesticides indoors, a recent meta-analysis has shown. A correlation between pesticide exposure and childhood brain tumors has also been observed.
Children who are exposed to indoor insecticides – by either breathing in or eating them – are more likely to be diagnosed with the two types of blood cancer, which are among the most common childhood cancers. Such exposure is associated with a 47 percent higher risk of childhood leukemia, while the risk of lymphoma grows by 43 percent.

A significant increase in risk of leukemia – by 26 percent – was also associated with herbicide exposure, the study published in the Pediatrics journal, showed. 

“Also observed was a positive but not statistically significant association between childhood home pesticide or herbicide exposure and childhood brain tumors,” the researchers said.
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