Figure 1.

Correlation between colon cancer (CC) mortality and pesticides levels in Brazil. Quantity of sold pesticides per area of Brazilian regions (km²). Data from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) is publically available (link: http://dados.contraosagrotoxicos.org/pt_PT/dataset/comercializacao-ibama-2014). Area of each Brazilian was consulted at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics website (IBGE; http://www.ibge.gov.br/). Cancer and CRC mortality in Brazil (1984–2014). Mortality numbers for cancer and CRC in Brazil. Dataset was downloaded from the website of the Ministry of Health (link: http://www2.datasus.gov.br/DATASUS/index.php?area=0205). The increase in CC mortality and pesticides levels [fold change (FC) was determined comparing data from 2014 against the 13 previous years] throughout 14 years were analyzed by the Pearson’s r test. The r squared (r²) value is shown.