A study published in Oncology Times found that adolescent Latino boys in California exposed in utero to a commonly used pesticide spread in fields near their mothers’ homes are at an increased risk of developing testicular germ cell cancer (TGCT).
The study found that residential proximity to the application of acephate, an endocrine disrupting pesticide (EDP), in the year before birth may have contributed as much as 10 percent to the prevalence of TGCT among Latinos in California. TGCT, which has been steadily rising since the mid-20th century, particularly among Latinos, is the most predominant form of testicular cancer.