October 24, 2024 - Citing a need to protect the unborn babies of pregnant women, the EPA banned DCPA, used on on farms, golf courses and athletic fields. Also known as Dacthal, the chemical is linked to low birth weight, impaired brain development, decreased IQ and impaired motor skills.

Beyond Pesticides offers the latest information on the hazards of pesticides and least-toxic alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children's health, pollinators and pesticides, organic food and agriculture, mosquito control and organic lawn care.

Beyond Pesticides offers the latest information on the hazards of pesticides and least-toxic alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children's health, pollinators and pesticides, organic food and agriculture, mosquito control and organic lawn care.

April 11, 2023 - This post is about a crime being committed right now, today and every day, against hundreds of thousands of Black and Brown living and unborn babies. Their lives are in grave danger from nerve gas and genetic toxins in those fruity little Sweets. Many babies and children have already been ...

Exposure to pesticides during pregnancy has been associated with several serious congenital malformations, such as neural tube defects, therefore, is …

This review covers key information related to the effects of pesticides on fetal and child health. All humans are exposed to environmental toxicants, …

Poisoning by acute high-level exposure to certain pesticides has well-known neurotoxic effects, but whether chronic exposure to moderate levels of pesticides is also neurotoxic is more controversial. Most studies of moderate pesticide exposure have ...

BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC toxic reactions in the young are often considered together under the title of developmental toxicity. Such toxicity can be further subdivided by the organ system involved or by whether the toxic effect occurred before or after birth. The developmental purview of the committee ...

The problem of pesticides is not new and its exposure to human due to indiscriminate use is largely associated with the health related problems including neurotoxicological alterations. High levels of pesticide residues and their metabolites in the ...

November 17, 2017 - Dow's teratogenic pesticide chlorpyrifos is a human and environmental disaster, writes Janette D. Sherman. It causes serious, irreversible damage to the human foetus even at low concentrations that may be harmless to the mother, resulting in severely and permanently disabled and mentally damaged ...

PESTICIDES ARE USED WIDELY in agriculture in the United States. Their application has improved crop yields and has increased the quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet, thereby contributing to improvements in public health.

Widely used around the world, pesticides play an important role in protecting health, crops, and property. However, pesticides may also have detrimental effects on human health, with young children among the particularly vulnerable. Recent research suggests ...

August 7, 2024 - The EPA on Tuesday issued an emergency order suspending all uses of , used on crops including broccoli, onions, cabbage and brussels sprouts in the U.S., but banned since 2009 in the European Union.

Pesticides used in agriculture are designed to protect crops against unwanted species, such as weeds, insects, and fungus. Many compounds target the nervous system of insect pests. Because of the similarity in brain biochemistry, such pesticides may also be neurotoxic to humans.

August 28, 2019 - Pesticide exposure has been linked to many conditions, especially after long-term exposure. These chemicals can cause short-term adverse effects and in some cases, chronic adverse health effects that can emerge months or even years after exposure.

Human pesticide exposure can occur both occupationally and environmentally during manufacture and after the application of indoor and outdoor pesticides, as well as through consumption via residues in food and water. There is evidence from experimental ...

May 24, 2023 - A new study has linked 10 commonly used pesticides to damage in dopaminergic neurons, the brain cells that do not work correctly in Parkinson's disease.

March 20, 2019 - Researchers found that both prenatal exposure and exposure in the first year of life increased children’s risk of autism spectrum disorder.

May 23, 2023 - The recent number of articles in the popular press concerning loss of intellect among children exposed to chlorpyrifos is important in the use of this pesticide. Although in-home use of chlorpyrifos was restricted in the U. S in 2000, it is widely used in agriculture, and is a serious risk ...

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