Now, a new study is the first to assess the effect of pesticide exposures on the survival of children with leukemia. The study found a statistically significant link between residential rodenticide exposure and a higher risk in children of death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), with about 10% of the exposed children dying within five years of diagnosis. Read more: https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2026/02/pesticide-exposure-again-linked-to-childhood-acute-lym

Children whose mothers lived near farms and fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy have a higher risk of a deadly cancer that is most commonly found in infants before their first birthday, according to a new study.  Read more: https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/pesticides-child-cancer-california/

High exposure to multiple pesticides may cause childhood and adolescent cancers, especially brain and central nervous system (CNS)...

Researchers at the National Institute of Pediatrics and National Polytechnic Institute found positive associations between pesticide...

A study published in Environmental Health Perspective finds the risk of acute childhood leukemia (AL), specifically acute lymphoblastic...

Pesticide use in homes may increase the risk of children developing leukemia or lymphoma, a new report suggests. Read more here:...