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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

See also our compilation of other Databases and Resources

For questions or comments about the database, please contact us through our Contact form.

herbicides

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Good Evidence

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Low birth weight / small for gestational age / intra-uterine growth retardation

Menstrual disorders (abnormal bleeding, short cycles, long cycles, irregular cycles, painful periods)

Pancreatic cancer

Limited Evidence

Breast cancer

Hepatocellular cancer (liver cancer)

Lung cancer

Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's)

Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Reduced fertility - female (infertility and subfertility)

Scleroderma

Testicular cancer

Thyroid cancer

NOTE: The toxicant–disease relationships  shown above were last updated in 2011. The relationships shown here are still valid, but additional research has been conducted since that time. Additional research on this toxicant can be found at this link:

COMPARATIVE TOXICOGENOMICS DATABASE: CURATED RESULTS

This link will direct your search to an external database, the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD). This database is different from, and complementary to, our database.

More information about sources and methods

  • CHE’s Toxicant and Disease Database evaluates existing evidence and categorizes that evidence based on its strength. It is constructed using expert judgment and epidemiological causal inference.
  • The CTD, in contrast, is a continually updated resource that presents information on a broad range of literature on chemical-disease relationships. It also provides data on genes, biological processes, and phenotypes related to chemicals and diseases. It does not categorize information based on strength of evidence,  include an expert judgment process, or draw causal conclusions about toxicant-disease relationships.
  • The link we have provided on this page goes directly to CTD's curated results, which are a subset of the information available through CTD. Curated results in CTD are those for which studies are available on the toxicant-disease relationship.

References for our 2011 disease list

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Dich J, Zahm SH, Hanberg A, Adami HO. Pesticides and cancer. Cancer Causes and Control. 1997 May;8(3):420-43.

Fleming LE, Bean JA, Rudolph M, Hamilton K. Cancer incidence in a cohort of licensed pesticide applicators in Florida. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1999 Apr;41(4):279-88.

Garry VF, Harkins ME, Erickson LL, Long-Simpson LK, Holland SE, Burroughs BL. Birth defects, season of conception, and sex of children born to pesticide applicators living in the Red River Valley of Minnesota, USA. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2002

Greenlee AR, Arbuckle TE, Chyou PH. Risk factors for female infertility in an agricultural region. Epidemiology. 2003; 14(4):429-436.

Hardell L, Eriksson M, Nordstrom M. Exposure to pesticides as risk factor for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and hairy cell leukemia: pooled analysis of two Swedish case-control studies. Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2002 May;43(5):1043-9.

Hu J, Mao Y, White K. Renal cell carcinoma and occupational exposure to chemicals in Canada. Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England). 2002 May;52(3):157-64.

Ji BT, Silverman DT et al. Occupational exposure to pesticides and pancreatic cancer. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2001 Jan;39(1):92-99.

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