Chanced upon this article which i thought would be important to share.....
Singapore TODAY Newspaper: Household insects not the only ones at risk ...
Jul 31, 2009
WASHINGTON - Patients with childhood leukaemia have elevated levels of household pesticides in their urine, according to a new study by the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
"We compared urine samples from children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and their mothers with healthy children and their moms," said study researcher Offie Soldin. "We found elevated levels of common household pesticides more often in the mother-child pairs affected by cancer."
The research was published in August's issue of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.
"We shouldn't assume that pesticides caused these cancers, but our findings support the need for more research in this area. We know pesticides are found in at least 85 per cent of households, but obviously not all the children in these homes develop cancer," added Ms Soldin.
Conducted between January 2005 and January 2008, the study found that 33 per cent of mothers of kids with ALL used pesticides, as compared with 14 per cent among women with healthy children. - AFP
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