via Flickr. Thanks, Jacobcoll

A study by scientists at Patiala University, Punjab State, tracked a group of farmers for several months and discovered their DNA had been altered and made them more susceptible to cancer. After ruling out other lifestyle factors such as age, smoking and drinking, the scientists concluded the culprit was pesticide sprays.

This direct link between pesticide use and DNA damage doesn’t seem obvious at first, but being another study on the harmful effects of pesticide (which we’ve seen enough evidence of before, DDT anyone?), we can add this post to the ‘no shit’ files.

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