Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate

<b>Background</b>: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay farm transgenic seeds glyphosate resistant. Argentina annually utilizes 240,000 tonnes of glyphosate in agriculture. A change in the profile of morbidity and mortality is perceived in agricultural areas; cancer seems to prevail....

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Autores principales: Avila Vazquez, Medardo, Maturano, Eduardo, Etchegoyen, María Agustina, Difilippo, Flavia Silvina, Maclean, Bryan
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Medicina
Ciencias Exactas
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Cáncer
Environmental health
Environmental exposure
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97965
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/56435
http://file.scirp.org/Html/2-2101520_74222.htm
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topic Medicina
Ciencias Exactas
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Cáncer
Environmental health
Environmental exposure
spellingShingle Medicina
Ciencias Exactas
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Cáncer
Environmental health
Environmental exposure
Avila Vazquez, Medardo
Maturano, Eduardo
Etchegoyen, María Agustina
Difilippo, Flavia Silvina
Maclean, Bryan
Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
topic_facet Medicina
Ciencias Exactas
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Cáncer
Environmental health
Environmental exposure
description <b>Background</b>: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay farm transgenic seeds glyphosate resistant. Argentina annually utilizes 240,000 tonnes of glyphosate in agriculture. A change in the profile of morbidity and mortality is perceived in agricultural areas; cancer seems to prevail. Monte Maíz is a typical argentine agricultural town with 8000 inhabitants; the Mayor and residents of Monte Maiz requested an environmental health study due to perceived increase in cancer frequencies. <b>Methods</b>: An exploratory ecological study was developed to assess the urban environmental contamination and the frequencies and distribution of cancer through an environmental analysis of pollution sources including measurements of pesticides in water, soil and grain dust, and a cross-sectional study of cancer patients that explore associations with different variables. <b>Results</b>: Glyphosate was detected in soil and grain dust and was found to be at an even higher concentration in the village soil than in the rural area. 650 tonnes are used annually in the region and manipulated inner town. We do not find other relevant sources of pollution. Cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality are between two and three times higher than the reference values (Globocan 2012, WHO) for the entire nation (706/100,000 persons vs. 217/100,000; 2123/100,000 persons vs. 883.82/100,000 and 383/100,000 persons vs. 115.13/100,000, respectively). <b>Conclusion</b>: This study detects high glyphosate pollution in association with increased frequencies of cancer in a typical argentine agricultural village, and by design, cannot make claims of causality. Other study designs are required, but if we corroborate the concrescence of high exposure to glyphosate and cancer.
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author Avila Vazquez, Medardo
Maturano, Eduardo
Etchegoyen, María Agustina
Difilippo, Flavia Silvina
Maclean, Bryan
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Maturano, Eduardo
Etchegoyen, María Agustina
Difilippo, Flavia Silvina
Maclean, Bryan
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title Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
title_short Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
title_full Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
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title_full_unstemmed Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
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publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97965
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