Cancer And

Pesticides
Presented by:- Priyanka Sandesh Shah
M.sc Botany(Specialization in Biodiversity) Pune
University(Gold Medalist), Ph.D. scholar
 What type of cancer is caused by pesticides?

• The preponderance of evidence uncovered in our

systematic review indicated a positive
relationship between exposure to pesticides and
development of some cancers, particularly brain,
prostate, and kidney cancers, as well as NHL
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (sometimes just
lymphoma) is a cancer that starts in white blood
cells and leukemia.
•  Risks of rectal cancer were increased in farmers.
 Kidney Cancer

Brain Cancer Colorectal Cancer

Bladder
Cancer
NHL Cancer
 Three chemicals used as pesticides

• Arsenic
• ethylene oxide and
• lindane – are among agents
rated as Group 1 carcinogens,
or conclusive causes of cancer,
by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC).
 7 deadly pesticides world has banned used in India

1. Monocrotophos, Oxydemetonmethyl -2022

2. Acephate and Profenophos
3. Thiram -2022
4. Acetochlor
5. Captan -2022
6. DDT(dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane)
7. Dinoseb -2022
 References

KANGEN WATER
•https://thewaterstorespringhill.com 

Does alkaline water really clean pesticides on fruits ... - Quora
•https://www.quora.com › Does-alkaline-water-really-cle

Pesticide-Induced Diseases: Cancer
•https://www.beyondpesticides.org › resources › cancer

Cancer health effects of pesticides - PMC - NCBI
•https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC2231435