The insecticide lindane causes cancer in humans and has been
specifically linked to a form of the disease known as non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the
World Health Organization's cancer research agency said on Tuesday.
Reuters reports the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that after a review of
various agricultural chemicals, its specialist panel had decided to classify
lindane as "carcinogenic to humans" and
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, as "probably carcinogenic to
humans".
"Epidemiological
studies found positive associations between exposure to DDT and non-Hodgkin
lymphoma, testicular cancer, and liver cancer," it said in a statement.
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