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== Broad range of diseases linked to pesticides == An article in ''The Herald''<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12076750.symptoms-of-a-wider-malaise/ | title = Symptoms of a wider malaise | last = | first = | date = March 2, 1997|work=The Herald Scotland|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=}}</ref> summarizes the wide range of diseases that are associated with pesticide exposure:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/health/pid-database.pdf | title = Wide Range of Diseases Linked to Pesticides | last = Owens | first = Kagan | authorlink= | last2 = Feldman | first2 = Jay | authorlink2 = | date = 2010 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date= | last3 = Kepner | first3 = John}}</ref> * '''Asthma''' — 41 studies linking pesticides to asthma. Studies show that pesticides not only trigger asthma attacks, but are also a root cause of asthma. * '''Birth defects''' — 19 studies linking pesticides to fetal and birth defects. * '''Cancer''' — 260 studies linking pesticides to various forms of cancer: 30 studies linking pesticides to brain cancer, 11 studies linking pesticides to breast cancer, 40 studies linking pesticides to leukemia, 46 studies linking pesticides to lymphoma, 23 studies linking pesticides to prostate cancer, 7 studies linking pesticides to soft tissue sarcoma. * '''Learning and developmental disorders''' — 26 studies linking pesticides to these disorders: 8 studies linking pesticides to ADHD, 5 studies linking pesticides to autism. * '''Diabetes''' — 6 studies linking pesticides to diabetes. * '''Parkinson’s disease''' — 65 studies linking pesticides to Parkinson’s. * '''Reproductive health effects''' — 22 studies linking pesticides to reproductive health issues. These include decreased fertility in both males and females, an androgenic (demasculinizing) effects, increased rates of miscarriage, altered sex ratios and altered maturity. Pesticides are associated with '''autoimmune disease''': a study of nearly 77,000 women found that those who personally mixed or applied insecticides for 20 years had double the rate of the autoimmune conditions rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Parks | first = Christine G. | last2 = Walitt | first2 = Brian T. | last3 = Pettinger | first3 = Mary | last4 = Chen | first4 = Jiu-Chiuan | last5 = de Roos | first5 = Anneclaire J. | last6 = Hunt | first6 = Julie | last7 = Sarto | first7 = Gloria | last8 = Howard | first8 = Barbara V. | date = Feb 2011 | title = Insecticide use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20740609|journal=Arthritis Care & Research|volume=63|issue=2|pages=184–194|doi=10.1002/acr.20335|issn=2151-4658|pmc=3593584|pmid=20740609|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> Organophosphate pesticide exposure is linked to psychiatric changes that result in '''suicidal thoughts''' and '''suicidal ideation''' (suicidality), and may lead to suicide.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Wesseling | first = Catharina | last2 = Joode | first2 = Berna van Wendel de | last3 = Keifer | first3 = Matthew | last4 = London | first4 = Leslie | last5 = Mergler | first5 = Donna | last6 = Stallones | first6 = Lorann | date = 2010-11-01 | title = Symptoms of psychological distress and suicidal ideation among banana workers with a history of poisoning by organophosphate or n-methyl carbamate pesticides|url=https://oem.bmj.com/content/67/11/778|journal=Occupational and Environmental Medicine|language=en|volume=67|issue=11 | pages = 778–784|doi=10.1136/oem.2009.047266|issn=1351-0711|pmid=20798019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = London | first = L. | last2 = Flisher | first2 = A.J. | last3 = Wesseling | first3 = C. | last4 = Mergler | first4 = D. | last5 = Kromhout | first5 = H. | date = Apr 2005 | title = Suicide and exposure to organophosphate insecticides: cause or effect?|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15776467|journal=American Journal of Industrial Medicine|volume=47|issue=4|pages=308–321|doi=10.1002/ajim.20147|issn=0271-3586|pmid=15776467|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last= Jaga | first = Kushik | last2 = Dharmani | first2 = Chandrabhan | date = Jan 2007 | title = The interrelation between organophosphate toxicity and the epidemiology of depression and suicide|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17508698|journal=Reviews on Environmental Health|volume=22|issue=1 | pages = 57–73|issn=0048-7554|pmid=17508698|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Ghimire | first = Shree Ram | last2 = Parajuli | first2 = Sarita | date = 2016-02-04 | title = Chronic organophosphate-induced neuropsychiatric disorder: a case report|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745950/|journal=Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment|volume=12|pages=275–277|doi=10.2147/NDT.S91673|issn=1176-6328|pmc=4745950|pmid=26893566}}</ref>
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