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Scientists at Dow Chemical Publish Research in Public Health
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2012
2012 MAR 20 -- Fresh data on Public Health are presented in the report "Cancer incidence of 2,4-D production workers. 'Despite showing no evidence of carcinogenicity in laboratory animals, the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) has been associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in some human epidemiology studies, albeit inconsistently. We matched an existing cohort of 2,4-D manufacturing employees with cancer registries in three US states resulting in 244 cancers compared to 276 expected cases," investigators in Midland, Michigan report.
"The Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) for the 14 NHL cases was 1.36 (95% Confidence Interval (CI)...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-03-20)
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