A new meta-analysis published in the journal Nucleus identifies studies showing that pesticides can overwhelm cells’ defenses against them and interfere with cell communication in the brain. The authors review what is known at the molecular level about pesticides’ role in brain cancer.

(Beyond Pesticides) With the strong associations established in epidemiologic studies and a dearth of evidence on the actual mechanisms by which pesticides inflict their damage on the brain, a new meta-analysis identifies studies that pesticides can overwhelm cells’ defenses against them, interfere with cell communication in the brain, and disrupt the epigenetic (gene function) regulation of gene expression. In the journal Nucleus, Bilal Ahmad Mir, PhD and colleagues at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar, India, review what is known at the molecular level about pesticides’ role in brain cancer.

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