Agricultural Pesticide Use and Hypospadias in Eastern Arkansas

Agricultural Pesticide Use and Hypospadias in Eastern Arkansas

INTRODUCTION We assessed the relationship between hypospadias and proximity to agricultural pesticide applications using a GIS-based exposure method. METHODS We obtained information for 354 cases of hypospadias born between 1998 and 2002 in eastern Arkansas; 727 controls were selected from birth certificates. We classified exposure on pounds of pesticides (estimated by crop type) applied or p...

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier.

Agricultural frontiers are dynamic environments characterized by the conversion of native habitats to agriculture. Because they are currently concentrated in diverse tropical habitats, agricultural frontiers are areas where the largest number of species is exposed to hazardous land management practices, including pesticide use. Focusing on the Amazonian frontier, we show that producers have var...

Hypospadias and residential proximity to pesticide applications.

BACKGROUND Experimental evidence suggests pesticides may be associated with hypospadias. OBJECTIVE Examine the association of hypospadias with residential proximity to commercial agricultural pesticide applications. METHODS The study population included male infants born from 1991 to 2004 to mothers residing in 8 California counties. Cases (n = 690) were ascertained by the California Birth ...

Suicide and Pesticide Use among Pesticide Applicators and Their Spouses in the Agricultural Health Study

BACKGROUND An association may exist between pesticide exposure and suicide. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the existence of an association between pesticide use and suicide using data from the Agricultural Health Study (AHS), a prospective cohort study of licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses in Iowa and North Carolina. METHODS Via linkage to state mortality files and the Nation...