Pesticide Metabolites Associated With Increased Risk Of Testicular Cancers, Study Shows
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:55
in Health & Medicine
Men exposed to organochlorine pesticide metabolites, such as DDE, had an increased risk of testicular germ cell tumors. Previous research suggested that persistent exposure to organochlorine pesticides may increase the risk for some types of testicular cancer, but that observation had not been replicated in an independent data set.
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