date:Jan 10, 2019
or ethnic groups, Argos said.
It's possible, however, that exposure to pesticides or metals might increase inflammation or directly cause damage in the cardiovascular system, Argos said.
Overall, 6.1 percent of the workers in the study had at least one form of cardiovascular disease. Most of these cases were coronary heart disease, in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the heart.
Workers exposed to pesticides were 2.2 times more likely to have coronary heart disease than workers wit