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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.
NCBI
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....
PAN Europe
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.
NCBI
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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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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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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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 ...
Biomedcentral
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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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 ...
NCBI
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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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 ...
NCBI
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 ...