A Department of Health expert committee has found ‘limited evidence’ of a link between occupational exposure to pesticides and prostate cancer and called for further investigations. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with over 24,700 new cases a year and is the second largest cause of death from cancer in the UK. There were 9,900 deaths reported in 2002 accounting for around 13 per cent of cancer deaths in men.

Department of Health Committee on Carcinogenicity statement, January 2005. The Guardian, 10 January 2005. Risks 190.