Toxicant and Disease Database
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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.
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Congenital malformations - general
Causes Grouped by strength of evidence
Strong Evidence | Good Evidence | Limited Evidence |
Notes
In addition to individual pesticides that have been identified in some epidemiological studies, maternal pesticide exposure in the home or occupationally (farmers, agricultural workers) has been associated with birth defects. The design of the majority of these studies were not able to identify specific pesticides associated with birth defects .
