For generations, farmworkers, pest control technicians, and agricultural laborers have handled chemicals that keep crops alive and pests at bay — rarely pausing to consider what those substances might be doing to their own nervous systems over time. A sweeping analysis of occupational health research now places a number on that quiet risk: workplace pesticide exposure is associated with a 60 to 70 percent elevated likelihood of developing ALS, the incurable, progressive disease that dismantles the body's capacity for movement and breath. The findings, drawn from studies spanning 35 years, sugg
Pesticide exposure at work linked to 60-70% higher ALS risk
Workers exposed to pesticides face significantly elevated risk of developing ALS, a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease with no cure.