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Living next to vineyards increases the risk of childhood leukemia.

Being near vineyards increases the risk of childhood leukemia. For the first time in France, a large-scale epidemiological study attempts to measure the effects of environmental exposure to pesticides, which are common in the vast majority of wine plots.

The results of this study were published on Tuesday, October 18 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectivesare ambiguous. “We found no association between the risk of acute leukemia and living less than a kilometer from a vineyard. – a scenario affecting 10% of children in mainland France”says Stéphanie Goujon, a researcher with Inserm’s Epicéa team (Epidemiology of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer) and co-author of the study.

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However, the scientists note a slight increase in risk depending on the size of the vineyard area found in the area, without the study being able to establish a causal link…

Source: Le Figaro

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