Reuters: WHO agency says insecticides lindane and DDT linked to cancer
“The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer, and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) also said that DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, probably causes cancer, with scientific evidence linking it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), testicular cancer, and liver cancer…” (Kelland, 6/23).

Reuters: WHO unit finds 2,4-D herbicide ‘possibly’ causes cancer in humans
“A widely used farm chemical that is a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences ‘possibly’ causes cancer in humans, a World Health Organization research unit has determined. The classification of the weed killer, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, known as 2,4-D, was made by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)…” (Gillam, 6/22).