Residential exposure to carbamate, organophosphate, and pyrethroid insecticides in house dust and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Self-reported residential use of pesticides has consistently been associated with increased risk of childhood leukemia. However, these studies were limited in their ability to identify specific insecticide active ingredients that were associated with risk.We used household carpet dust measurements of 20 insecticides (two carbamate, 10 organophosphate, two organochlorine, and six pyrethroid) as indicators of exposure and evaluated associations...