Researchers at Stanford University have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the prevalence of prostate cancer—19 of which have never been associated with cancer in the past. Four of the 22 pesticides were linked to an increased mortality rate among men with prostate cancer.1
To assess the associations, researchers looked at exposure to 295 different pesticides across the United States from 1997 to 2006. Since cancer is typically slow-growing, the research team used a lapse period of 10 to 18 years following that timeframe. Looking at cancer rates from the years 2011 to 2020, the team evaluated if the areas with high pesticide use also had higher cancer rates of prostate cancer.1 2
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in the U.S. among men. In 2023, 288,300 Americans were diagnosed with the cancer and 34,700 died of the disease. One in eight men will be diagnosed with it at some point in their lives.2
“This research demonstrates the importance of studying environmental exposures, such as pesticide use, to potentially explain some of the geographic variation we observe in prostate cancer incidence and deaths across the United States,” said lead author Simon John Christoph Sorensen, “By building on these findings, we can advance our efforts to pinpoint risk factors for prostate cancer and work towards reducing the number of men affected by this disease.”1
One Billion Pounds of Pesticides Sprayed in the U.S. Every Year
It is estimated that one billion pounds of pesticides are sprayed each year in the U.S.3 These chemicals, designed to control insects, rodents, weeds, fungi, and germs, are sprayed on some of the most widely used crops including wheat, soybeans, corn, cotton, potatoes, and oats. One of the prostate-cancer linked pesticides known as 2,4-D is among one of the most widely used in the country.2
Pesticide Companies Owned by Pharmaceutical Giants
Many pesticide companies are also pharmaceutical companies, including one of the largest pesticide producers in the world, Bayer. The controversial and cancer-linked pesticide known as glyphosate, also known as Roundup, was originally owned by Monsanto, but Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018. Bayer and Monsanto have paid nearly $11 billion to settle lawsuits filed by families seeking compensation for care and deaths due to cancer linked to the pesticide.4
EPA Maintains Americans are Only Exposed to Very Small Amounts of Pesticides
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with approving and periodically evaluating safety of pesticides in the U.S., while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supposed to help safeguard the country’s food supply by monitoring chemical contaminants and pesticides. The FDA enforces the pesticide tolerances that are established by the EPA for the amounts of pesticide residues that may legally remain on food.5
Despite billions of pounds of pesticides being sprayed daily in the U.S. and the rising numbers of studies linking pesticides to cancer, respiratory issues, reproductive harm, and other health risks, the EPA maintains that, while pesticides can pose risks, “Generally… people are likely to be exposed to only very small amounts of a pesticides—too small to pose a risk.”6
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Click here to view References:1 Press Release. Study reveals links between many pesticides and prostate cancer. Wiley Nov. 4, 2024.
2 Focht M. Cancer suffered by one in eight men is linked to 20 pesticides for first time—here are the foods most at risk. Daily Mail Nov. 4, 2024.
3 Alavanja M. Pesticides use and exposure extensive worldwide. PubMed Central Sept. 27, 2010.
4 Miller R. Monsanto Roundup lawsuit update. Lawsuit Information Center Dec. 2, 2024.
5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Chemical contaminants & pesticides. Mar. 5, 2024.
6 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Human health issues related to pesticides. Sept. 26, 2024.
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I knew a coworker who told me that her father lived for 15 years with prostate cancer. There were actually other health issues that contributed to my coworker’s father death. The take-a-way from what my coworker told me is this: Her father did the best he could with his diet, antioxidants and nutrition. And the man did not waste his time with drugs, vaccines, surgeries, chemo or anything else that could have contributed to more suffering, or a premature death.
Important to remember that glyphosate is also a component added to vaccines along with other nefarious compounds. They are not in the business of curing you. A cured patient is a lost customer.
Thank you for sharing this. I’ve long believed it’s possible to live with cancer. That it’s not always a death sentence. Our immune system is fighting cancer cells every day. We need to give it the tools necessary to do this effectively.
Pesticide companies owned by pharmasuetical giants. Well of course they are. And when big tobacco was shut down for purposefully making the relatively benign product of nicotine so dangerous and addictive with all the toxic additives, they captured much of the food production industry. The same insider groups appear time and time again, often decades in between, constantly profiteering and capitalizing on other peoples misery.
The EPA, CDC, FDA, FCC, FHFA, NIH, FTC, CFPB, and just about every other government agency which was originally set in place to protect the American citizen has been long since co opted by corporate industries they supposedly regulate.
We have not had effective regulation in our entire lifetimes. The last thing they even bothered to effectively regulate was lead and asbestos, and we’re still dealing with that today. Face the facts people; We’re on our own. The very last place anyone should turn to for competent advisement is the government.
Are you seeing how the regulatory capture of the for profit corporate and global governance models works yet? Create the disease. Then sell the cure. Apply illusionary validation by way of a captured government agencies approval or denial of any problem or substantive conflict existing in the first place. Chaos by design. This is not how representative government is supposed to work. Or as a constitutionally focused person may say; Your tax dollars, hard at work.
The problem lies at the heart; an oversized government. Because would we have this many complex challenges in a truly free market? Absent of government subsidies and regulations, would we have monopolized markets, or a more reasonable structure of smaller scale businesses whom would instead prioritize sound environmental and health stewardship to their respective trades? Would deadly toxins like roundup be so readily accessible if people were told the truth about the product or were not mislead by false rubber stamp approvals of safety granted by the government?
They’re all in on the game, every one of the major corporations whom works with government agencies. They claim plausible deniability because in unison; they all utilize entirely irresponsible practices which contributes to human health ailments and societal injustice. Then they all point the finger at each other and say; this is just too complicated to pin down or manage, and we stand behind our liability shield in order to maintain our captured market share and disproportionate income. Central planning never works. Not for the well being of the masses as it were. Want real solutions? Fines based on income and decentralized regulation. Vote with your wallet, stop feeding into the corporate model.