Table 1.
Pediatric and adult cancers resulting from parental exposure to pesticides or endocrine disruptors.
| Type of Cancer | Pesticide or EDC | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric | |||
| Leukemia | Organophosphates Propoxur; Cypermethrin; Chlorpyrifos |
[14,48,58,59,60,61,62,63] | |
| Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma | Occupational pesticide exposure | [64,65] | |
| Brain tumor | Organochlorine; Methyl bromide | [66,67] | |
| Neuroblastoma | Residential pesticides, Iazinon, Glyphosate, Malathion, Parathion, and Tetrachlorvinphos | [68,69,70] | |
| Ewing Sarcoma and Wilms tumor | Occupational pesticide exposure | [47,65,71] | |
| Retinoblastoma | Residential pesticides | [72] | |
| Adult | |||
| Breast cancer | DDT | [19,21,43,73,74,75] | |
| Cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix | DES | [79] | |
| Melanoma | DES | [79] | |
| Uterine adenocarcinoma | DES | [80] |
EDC, endocrine disrupting chemical; DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; DES, diethylstilbestrol.