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"However, compared with the general population, the rates for certain diseases, including some types of cancer, appear to be higher among agricultural workers, which may be related to exposures that are common in their work environments. For example, farming communities have higher rates of leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and soft tissue sarcoma, as well as cancers of the skin, lip, stomach, brain, and prostate."

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...



Ag workers were routinely exposed to ridiculous levels of dangerous pesticides for most of the 20th century.




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