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L,4 L CpIUCmlUlogy <br />• . <br />1~V LVLL <br />concluded, "In a cohort of 33,669 Florida pesticide applicators, there were 1266 incident cancer cases <br />with 316,226 person-years from 1/1/75 to 1/1/94. Tn the SMR and Cox proportional hazard analyses, <br />these workers were significantly healthier compazed with the general Florida population for overall <br />cancer incidence... there were no confirmed cases of soft tissue sazcoma, and non Hodgkins lymphoma <br />was not increased; these Endings aze at odds with prior literature associating phenoxy herbicides with <br />an increased risk of both these cancers. The number of female applicators was relatively small, as was <br />the numbers of incident cancers. Nevertheless, Cervical cancer [3.71 (1.85 - 6.64)] was significantly <br />increased..Breast cancer was not significantly elevated [1.14(0.74 - 1.67)]; this is important because of <br />the dearth of data for women with occupational exposure to organochlorine pesticides to examine <br />current hypotheses linking organochlorine exposure with an increased risk of breast cancer. (Fleming, <br />L.E. et al, Retrospective Cohort Study of Cancer Incidence in Florida Pesticide Applicators, Am J. of <br />Epidemiology, Abstract, 1997). <br />See the July, 1998 report entitled, "Pesticides and Epidemiology: Unraveling Disease Paterns." Purdue <br />University Pesticide Programs, Report No. PPP-43, July 1998, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. a copy <br />of which can be obtained through this Task Force. <br />Return to our Home Paee. <br />INDUSTRY TASK FORCE II ON 2,4-D RESEARCH DATA <br />B-26 Cedaz Point Villas <br />Swansboro, NC 28584 <br />Information Line: U.S. and Canada (800)345-5109 <br />FAX (252)393-6327 <br />Or contact Don Page via email. <br />This page last updated on Saturday, September 12, 1998. <br />http://www.24d.org/epi.html 11/15/98 <br />