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Re: Increased Prostate Cancers in Farmers
Julie,
I would also like to know the answer to the questions you are asking. If
all the significant variables have not been included, I would be careful
jumping to conclusions on this one. Truckers, especially the old timey
truckers, according to my trucker stepfather, suffered a great deal of
"kidney," and what sounded to me as if it might have been prostate
(because it was urinary tract related), type problems because trucks in
the old days road rough, bounced them around a great deal. Farmers riding
a tractor all day could conceivable come in for the same sort of problems.
My understanding is that the prostate gland was not meant to be bounced on
all day.
I'm not saying that pesticides might not be a problem or contribute to
prostate cancer. However, with this study let's make sure that all of the
significant variables are accounted for, such as tobacco use, gas and
diesel fuel use (I break out in a terrible rash when I contact diesel
fuel), soil pathogens, etc.
Jim Novak
On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, JULIE ELFVING wrote:
> I caught an item on NPR Sunday in the weekly
> interview segment with two physicians that dealt with
> a re-examination of Agent Orange claims by Vietnam
> vets. The discussion turned to mention of a
> Canadian study of farmers using pesticides with
> Agent Orange-like properties. The more the use of
> these pesticides, the higher the incidences of
> prostate cancer and the more acres covered, an even
> higher incidence. They called it definitely a
> dose-response rather than direct causation. Can
> anyone report on this study? What were the
> pesticides involved -- I presume herbicides? what did
> the physicians mean by Agent-orange-like
> ingredients? If possible, could you post a response
> by Friday of this week? I will be unsubscribing on
> Monday for about three weeks...
>
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