Reference summary — not medical advice or a personal risk estimate.
Farming with pesticides
Chronic pesticide handling; some active ingredients IARC-listed.
Also known as: farming, agriculture, pesticide application
What this does NOT mean
Finding a factor documented in this product category does not establish that ordinary use of farming with pesticides causes cancer. It means research — through regulatory testing, recall records, or IARC review — has found that chemical present in this category. Whether it matters for you depends on formulation, dose, frequency, and route of exposure.
What has been documented
- GlyphosateIARC Group 2AIARC Group 2AExposure from · high confidence
Chronic pesticide handling.
Evidence source: IARC
- 1,3-Dichloropropene (technical-grade)IARC Group 2BIARC Group 2Boccupational_exposure · high confidence
Soil fumigant injected before planting; volatilizes and degrades before harvest, so it is not established as a residue in the harvested fruit. The documented cancer-risk pathway is airborne exposure to people applying it, working in treated fields, or living/attending school nearby during and after application — not eating the crop.
Evidence source: US EPA
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