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Researchers find association between household chemicals and childhood leukemia

29/08/2009 12:53:00 Kathlyn Stone
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image Darkly-stained lymph cells seen in acute lymphocytic leukemia. National Library of Medicine

Researchers found higher levels of common household pesticides in the urine of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to a report published in the August issue of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the white blood cells – the infection fighters – and develops most frequently in children between the ages of three and seven. It is the most common type of leukemia in children under age 15, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. obtained urine samples from 41 children with ALL and their mothers in the Washington area and compared them with 41 pairs of healthy children and mothers. The children with ALL and their mothers had higher concentrations of diethylthiophosphate (DETP) and diethyldithiophosphate (DEDTP), two pesticides used in household chemicals.

While the investigators caution that the research doesn’t prove that household pesticides with DETP and DEDTP cause ALL, they said the higher concentrations of the chemicals in the children with ALL and their mothers point to a likely health hazard and that more research should be conducted. “We shouldn’t assume that pesticides caused these cancers, but our findings certainly support the need for more robust research in this area,” said lead researcher Offie Soldin, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown.

Source: Offie Soldin, et al. Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Exposure to Pesticides. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 31(4):495-501, August 2009. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181aae982

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Children who develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have far higher levels of two common pesticides found in household cleaners than do healthy children.

Researchers point out that this does not on its own mean that household chemicals definitely cause childhood leukemia, but it signals a likely health hazard that needs to be investigated quickly.

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This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing this with us, and helping to fight these diseases!
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