| Document ID (ISN) | 51711 |
| CIS number |
89-919 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0098-7484 - Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association |
| Title |
Cancer risk of pesticides in agricultural workers |
| Bibliographic information |
19 Aug. 1988, Vol.260, No.7, p.959-966. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
This report discusses some of the inherent limitations of cancer studies in animals and humans and presents a qualitative carcinogen risk assessment of a number of pesticides based on the judgement of national and international authorities who have reviewed the available experimental and epidemiologic evidence. A large number of pesticidal compounds have shown evidence of genotoxicity or carcinogenicity in animal and in vitro screening tests, but no pesticides - except arsenic and vinyl chloride (once used as an aerosol propellant) - have definitely been proved to be carcinogenic in man. A resolution by the Council on Scientific Affairs calls for the American Medical Association, through its scientific journals and publications, to alert physicians to the potential hazards of agricultural pesticides. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
carcinogens; vinyl chloride; arsenic; neoplasms; agriculture; carcinogenic effects; pesticides |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mutagenic effects; directive; herbicides; literature survey; USA; report; IARC; Hodgkin's disease; mortality; insecticides; toxic substances; epidemiologic study; animal experiments; in vitro experiments; classification; toxic effects |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Agricultural chemicals
Inorganic substances
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Agriculture
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Arsenic and compounds
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