12-5-12: Study Links Lawn Chemicals to Cancer in Dogs

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Biki Takashima-Uebelhoer, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health, dedicated herself to studying the causes of cancer after her childhood pet died of canine malignant lymphoma and her parents became ill.  Her study, published in the journal Environmental Research, concluded that the use of lawn pesticides is associated with a 70 percent higher risk of dogs contracting this fatal disease. Other research suggests that pesticides can raise the risk of cancer for humans, too.