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Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study

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Study is the first to look at link between exposures to multiple widely used pesticides and most common childhood cancers.

People are exposed to multiple pesticides in water, produce, meat, fish and processed foods.

Nebraska holds the US ’s second highest childhood cancer rates, in part due to widespread use of multiple pesticides.

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