how much more likely is it to get cancer if you've been exposed to ddt
Studies show that pesticide exposure during pregnancy and throughout childhood increase the risk of cancer among children. Girls who were exposed to DDT before they reach puberty were found to be five times more likely to develop breast cancer in middle age, according to the Presidentâs Cancer Panel. And researchers recently found that DDT exposure in the womb quadrupled breast cancer risk. When either parent is exposed to pesticides before a child is even conceived, that child's risk of cancer goes up as well. Farmers, farmworkers and their families tend to be exposed to more pesticides than the general population. 1  They also experience higher rates of a cancer. For example: 2  Farmers and pesticide applicators have higher rates of prostate cancer. 3  Women who work with pesticides suffer more often from ovarian cancer.