India, April 30 -- Pesticides have long been linked to causing cancer. However, according to Dr Jayesh Sharma, Raipur-based oncologist with over 25 years of experience, there are two chapters to the story. Taking to Instagram on April 29, he explained what they are, as well as how best to protect ourselves.

Pesticides affect two groups of people in different ways, shared Dr Sharma. The first group is the farmers, people who spray pesticides on the crops and are more exposed to them than the rest of the population.

"The long-term high exposure to pesticides shows clear evidence of being linked with cancers such as leukaemia and lymphoma," he stated. "However, people who are only exposed to pesticides through their food tell a different s...