You might take notice to commonly used fungicides for ginseng (Captan & Mancozeb (Dithane)) being rated as B2 carcinogens.
I looked around on the EPA site and found where that B2 is described.
TNhunter
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Group A - Human carcinogen. This group is used only when there is sufficient evidence from epidemiologic studies to support a causal association between exposure to the agents and cancer.
Group B - Probable human carcinogen. This group includes agents for which the weight of evidence of human carcinogenicity based on epidemiologic studies is \"limited\" and also includes agents for which the weight of evidence of carcinogenicity based on animal studies is \"sufficient.\" The group is divided into two subgroups.
Group B1 is reserved for agents for which there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity from epidemiologic studies.
Group B2 is used for Agents for which there is \"sufficient: evidence from animal studies and for which there is \"inadequate evidence\" or \"no data\" from epidemiologic studies.
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Epidemiological studies - Definition:
Studies on human populations, which attempt to link human health effects (e.g. cancer) to a cause (e.g. exposure to a specific chemical).
Sounds like they are known to cause cancer in lab rats but there have been no epidemiological studies (yet) to prove it, or at least insufficient evidence from such studies.
You don't have to look far on the internet to find fact sheets on Dithane (like the one below):
www.agtech.com.au/msds/dow/DITHANE_RAINSHIELD_14103132.pdf
That clearly state:
CANCER INFORMATION: Mancozeb has caused cancer in
laboratory animals.
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More info:
itsallaboutthefight.com/pesticides-insec...ngicides-and-cancer/
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers 60 percent of herbicides, 90 percent of fungicides, and 30 percent of insecticides to be carcinogenic, and most are damaging to your nervous system as well. In fact, these powerful and dangerous chemicals have been linked to numerous health problems such as:
Neurotoxicity
Disruption of your endocrine system
Carcinogenicity
Immune system suppression
Male infertility and reduced reproductive function
Miscarriages
Parkinson?s disease
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Do consider the health risk you are taking by spraying chemicals like this and go above and beyond the manufacturers safety recommendations on what is needed to protect the one doing the spraying.
TNhunter
