The Price of Pesticides
Jun 27
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Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute set out to examine the correlation between pregnant women being exposed to specific classes of pesticides like organophosphates, pyrethroids and carbamates and subsequent diagnoses of autism and other developmental delays in their children.
Unsurprisingly, there was quite a correlation. The risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder was two-thirds higher for women living near fields or farms where pesticides were used regularly and even worse for exposures occurring during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
According to a recent article on Environmental News Network, “The study was conducted by examining commercial pesticide application using the California Pesticide Use Report and linking the data to the residential addresses of approximately 1,000 participants in the Northern California-based Childhood Risk of Autism from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) Study. The study includes families with children between 2 and 5 diagnosed with autism or developmental delay or with typical development.”
"This study validates the results of earlier research that has reported associations between having a child with autism and prenatal exposure to agricultural chemicals in California," said lead study author Janie F. Shelton, a UC Davis graduate student who now consults with the United Nations.
Source: http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/47515
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