News tagged with pesticide exposure
Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College ...
On-the-job pesticide exposure associated with Parkinson's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Individuals whose occupation involves contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology.
Research suggests EPA pesticide exposure test too short, overlooks long term effects
Aug 17, 2009 |
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The four-day testing period the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commonly uses to determine safe levels of pesticide exposure for humans and animals could fail to account for the toxins' long-term effects, University ...
Common household pesticides linked to childhood cancer cases in Washington area
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center finds a higher level of common household pesticides in the urine of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer that develops ...
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected, according to a new study by researchers ...
