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Pesticides May Cause Asthma Among Farm Women
Date:12/28/2007

sticide use. I would need to see more data before coming to the same conclusions as the authors of the article did."

Because Hoppin's analysis was "cross-sectional," it can't show a cause and effect. "But given what we see in animals, it suggests that we should do a prospective analysis where we can then say pesticide use preceded asthma or asthmatic symptoms. That's really the next step," she said.

Hoppin said she and her colleagues are in the process of planning that next study.

More information

To learn more about asthma, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.



SOURCES: Jane Hoppin, Sc.D., staff scientist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Len Horovitz, M.D., pulmonary specialist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; January 2008 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine


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