PANNA: Two New Warnings on Pesticides & Chemicals Pesticide
Action Network Updates Service (PANUPS) The April report by the
Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) on the chronic
effects of exposure to pesticides contained sweeping
recommendations to cut pesticide exposures, including curtailing
pesticide use wherever possible, using personal protective
equipment including respirators for home and occupational
exposures, and urging physicians to advocate for pesticide
reduction and screen their patients for pesticide exposure.
OCFP, a voluntary, not-for-profit association that promotes
family medicine, reviewed 250 peer-reviewed studies published
between 1992 and 2003 on the human health effects of pesticides.
The researchers found compelling evidence of links between
pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the incidence of
which continues to rise in Canada at the rate of 1 - 1.5% per
year. Other findings included associations between pesticide
exposures and solid tumors, including brain cancer, pr