Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents (2003)

Chapter: Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10628.

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CONSENSUS CONCLUSIONS ARRANGED BY HEALTH OUTCOME

Cancer

Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship

  • Benzene and acute leukemia

Sufficient Evidence of an Association

  • Benzene and adult leukemia

  • Solvents and acute leukemia

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association:

  • Tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and bladder cancer

  • Solvents and bladder cancer

  • Tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and kidney cancer

  • Organophosphorous insecticides and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Carbamates and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Benzene and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Solvents and multiple myeloma

  • Organophosphorous insecticides and adult leukemia

  • Solvents and adult leukemia

  • Solvents and myelodysplastic syndromes

Inadequate/Insufficient Evidence to Determine Whether an Association Exists:

  • Solvents and oral, nasal, or laryngeal cancer

  • Insecticides and pancreatic cancer

  • Solvents other than tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and esophageal cancer

  • Solvents and stomach, rectal, or pancreatic cancer

  • Solvents other than trichloroethylene and mixtures of benzene, toluene, and xylene and colon cancer

  • Insecticides and solvents and hepatobiliary cancers

  • Insecticides and lung cancer

  • Solvents other than tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and lung cancer

Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10628.
  • Solvents and bone cancer

  • Solvents and melanoma or nonmelanoma skin cancer

  • Insecticides and soft tissue sarcomas

  • Lindane and solvents and breast cancer

  • Solvents other than trichloroethylene and cervical cancer

  • Solvents and ovarian or uterine cancer

  • Insecticides and prostate, testicular, bladder, or kidney cancers

  • Specific solvents other than tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and bladder cancer

  • Solvents other than tetrachloroethylene and dry-cleaning solvents and kidney cancer

  • Solvents and prostate cancer

  • Insecticides and brain and other central nervous system cancers

  • Specific solvents other than benzene and brain and other central nervous system cancers

  • Specific solvents other than benzene and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Insecticides and solvents and Hodgkin’s disease

  • Insecticides and specific solvents and multiple myeloma

  • Specific solvents other than benzene and acute and adult leukemia

  • Benzene and myelodysplastic syndrome

  • Parental preconception exposure to insecticides and childhood leukemias, brain and other central nervous system cancers or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • Parental preconception exposure to solvents and neuroblastoma or childhood brain cancers

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association

  • No findings

Neurologic Effects

Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship

  • No findings

Sufficient Evidence of an Association

  • No findings

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association:

  • Organophosphorous insecticide exposure with OP poisoning and long-term neurobehavioral effects (that is, abnormal results on neurobehavioral test batteries and symptom findings)

  • Solvents and neurobehavioral effects (that is, abnormal results on neurobehavioral test batteries and symptom findings)

Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10628.

Inadequate/Insufficient Evidence to Determine Whether an Association Exists:

  • Insecticides and solvents and peripheral neuropathy

  • Insecticides and solvents and Parkinson’s Disease

  • Insecticides and solvents and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Insecticides and solvents and Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Solvents and multiple sclerosis

  • Solvents and a long-term reduction in color discrimination

  • Solvents and long-term hearing loss

  • Solvents and long-term reduction in olfactory function

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association

  • No findings

Reproductive Effects

Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship

  • No findings

Sufficient Evidence of an Association

  • No findings

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association:

  • No findings

Inadequate/Insufficient Evidence to Determine Whether an Association Exists:

  • Insecticides and solvents and male or female infertility after cessation of the exposure

  • Parental preconception exposure to insecticides or solvents and spontaneous abortion or other adverse pregnancy outcomes

  • Parental preconception exposure to insecticides or solvents and congenital malformations

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association

  • No findings

Other Health Effects

Sufficient Evidence of a Causal Relationship

  • Benzene and aplastic anemia

Sufficient Evidence of an Association

  • Propylene glycol and allergic contact dermatitis

Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10628.

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of an Association:

  • Solvents and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) which would be evident with exposure and could persist for months or years

  • Solvents and hepatic steatosis

  • Solvents and chronic glomerulonephritis

  • Insecticides and allergic contact dermatitis

Inadequate/Insufficient to Determine Whether an Association Exists:

  • Insecticides and aplastic anemia

  • Solvents other than benzene and aplastic anemia

  • Insecticides and solvents and irreversible cardiovascular outcomes

  • Insecticides and solvents and persistent respiratory symptoms or impairment after cessation of exposure

  • Solvents and alterations in liver function tests after cessation of exposure

  • Solvents and cirrhosis

  • Solvents and chronic pancreatitis or other persistent gastrointestinal outcomes

  • Solvents and the systemic rheumatic diseases: scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, undifferentiated connective tissue disorders, and systemic lupus erythematosus

Limited/Suggestive Evidence of NO Association

  • No finding

Suggested Citation: "Appendix G: Consensus Conclusions Arranged by Health Outcome." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Gulf War and Health: Volume 2: Insecticides and Solvents. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10628.
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