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Childrenshealthdefense
childrenshealthdefense.org › home › epa bans pesticide linked to ‘irreversible’ neurological damage to unborn babies
EPA Bans Pesticide Linked to ‘Irreversible’ Neurological Damage to Unborn Babies • Children's Health Defense
2 weeks ago - 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.
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Beyond Pesticides
beyondpesticides.org › resources › pesticide-induced-diseases-database › birth-defects
Pesticide-Induced Diseases: Birth/Fetal Effects — Beyond Pesticides
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.
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC1247187
Association of Pesticide Exposure with Neurologic Dysfunction and Disease - PMC
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 found ...
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK236272
Perinatal and Pediatric Toxicity - Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children - NCBI Bookshelf
In addition, the data suggest that ... suggest that neurotoxic and behavioral effects may result from low-level chronic exposure to some organophosphate and carbamate pesticides....
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Beyond Pesticides
beyondpesticides.org › resources › pesticide-induced-diseases-database › brain-and-nervous-system-disorders
Pesticide-Induced Diseases: Brain and Nervous System Disorders — Beyond Pesticides
The role of pesticide exposure ... evidences linking their etiology with long-term/low-dose exposure to pesticides such as paraquat, maneb, dieldrin, pyrethroids and organophosphates....
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panaceachronicles
panaceachronicles.com › 2020 › 11 › 09 › swisher-sweets-cause-irreversible-neurological-damage-to-black-brown-babies
Swisher Sweets Cause Irreversible Neurological Damage To Black & Brown Babies – panaceachronicles
April 11, 2023 - If this table is too small check ... of this post. ... Recent studies on in-utero exposure to the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its breakdown product, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene, indicate that exposure is associated with impaired child ...
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ScienceDirect
sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii › S0048969722059587
How pesticides affect neonates? - Exposure, health implications and determination of metabolites - ScienceDirect
This review covers key information related to the effects of pesticides on fetal and child health. All humans are exposed to environmental toxicants, …
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PAN Europe
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Children are the first victims of neurotoxic pesticides | PAN Europe
August 28, 2023 - Certain pyrethroids exert hormonal activity that may alter early neurologic and reproductive development. Methods currently used for assessment of the toxicity of pesticides are insensitive and cannot accurately predict effects to children exposed in utero or in early postnatal life.
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC4247335
Pesticide Exposure and Child Neurodevelopment: Summary and Implications
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 ...
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ScienceDirect
sciencedirect.com › science › article › abs › pii › S0048969723079470
Exposure to pesticides during pregnancy and the risk of neural tube defects: A systematic review - ScienceDirect
Author links open overlay panelKaroline Felisbino a b c, Shayane da Silva Milhorini a b, Nathalia Kirsten a b, Karina Bernert a b, Rafaela Schiessl a b, Izonete Cristina Guiloski a bShow more ... Pesticide exposure during pregnancy may be associated with neural tube defects.
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TIME
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A Mother's Exposure to Pesticides During Pregnancy May Raise Children's Autism Risk | TIME
March 20, 2019 - In one of the largest studies looking at the potential effects of pesticide exposure on still-developing fetuses and newborns, scientists found that exposure to the most commonly used pesticides was linked to higher risk of autism spectrum disorder.
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC6029725
Association of pesticide exposure with human congenital abnormalities - PMC
The nervous system is particularly susceptible to many pesticides of several distinct chemical classes. A number of studies show that prenatal and early childhood exposure to organophosphates (OPs) is associated with neurodevelopmental effects (Munoz-Quezada et al., 2013).
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Biomedcentral
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com › articles › 10.1186 › s12940-020-00611-z
Prenatal exposure to pesticides and risk for holoprosencephaly: a case-control study | Environmental Health | Full Text
Background Pesticide exposure during susceptible windows and at certain doses are linked to numerous birth defects. Early experimental evidence suggests an association between active ingredients in pesticides and holoprosencephaly (HPE), the most common malformation of the forebrain in humans ...
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK236271
Executive Summary - Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children - NCBI Bookshelf
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.
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Nih
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC6170243
Neurochemical and Behavioral Dysfunctions in Pesticide Exposed Farm Workers: A Clinical Outcome - PMC
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 ...
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Biomedcentral
ehjournal.biomedcentral.com › articles › 10.1186 › 1476-069X-7-50
Potential developmental neurotoxicity of pesticides used in Europe | Environmental Health | Full Text
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.
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Nih
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC10972353
Environmental Exposure to Pesticides and the Risk of Child Neurodevelopmental Disorders - PMC
Background and Objectives: Neurodevelopment is a fragile brain process necessary for learning from the beginning of childhood to adulthood. During the procedure, several risks could affect it, including environmental factors such as neurotoxic ...
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC7278164
Prenatal exposure to pesticides and risk for holoprosencephaly: a case-control study - PMC
Pesticide exposure during susceptible windows and at certain doses are linked to numerous birth defects. Early experimental evidence suggests an association between active ingredients in pesticides and holoprosencephaly (HPE), the most common malformation ...
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC4833532
Maternal Residential Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides and Birth Defects in a 2003-2005 North Carolina Birth Cohort - PMC
Birth defects are responsible for a large proportion of disability and infant mortality. Exposure to a variety of pesticides have been linked to increased risk of birth defects. We conducted a case-control study to estimate the associations between a ...
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NCBI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC1332649
A Case for Revisiting the Safety of Pesticides: A Closer Look at Neurodevelopment - PMC
The quality and quantity of the data about the risk posed to humans by individual pesticides vary considerably. Unlike obvious birth defects, most developmental effects cannot be seen at birth or even later in life. Instead, brain and nervous system disturbances ...