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Farm workers are impacted greatly and though they get treatment once they are exposed they have to deal with other health issues even years after the incident. [41] The long term effects of pesticide exposure are birth defects, miscarriages , infertility in both men and women, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease , amyotrophic ...
On the other hand, people who exercise far more than average have lower levels of these hormones, and lower risk of cancer. [58] Osteosarcoma may be promoted by growth hormones. [58] Some treatments and prevention approaches leverage this cause by artificially reducing hormone levels, and thus discouraging hormone-sensitive cancers.
Children are particularly vulnerable to aflatoxin exposure, which is linked to immune suppression, stunted growth, [4] delayed development, [5] aflatoxicosis, [6] and liver cancer. Some studies have reported an association between childhood stunting and aflatoxin exposure, although this link has not been consistently detected in all studies.
Arsenic poisoning (or arsenicosis) is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in the body. [4] If arsenic poisoning occurs over a brief period of time, symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, encephalopathy, and watery diarrhea that contains blood. [1]
Ochratoxin A has a strong affinity for the brain, especially the cerebellum (Purkinje cells), ventral mesencephalon, and hippocampal structures. [13] The affinity for the hippocampus could be relevant to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and subchronic administration to rodents induces hippocampal neurodegeneration.
On October 26, 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization reported that eating processed meat (e.g., bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausages) or red meat was linked to some cancers and classed them as Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans) and Group 2a (probably carcinogenic to humans) carcinogens respectively. [49]
Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) [1] is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, [2] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
People with cancer have an increased risk of blood clots in their veins which can be life-threatening. [206] The use of blood thinners such as heparin decrease the risk of blood clots but have not been shown to increase survival in people with cancer. [206] People who take blood thinners also have an increased risk of bleeding. [206]