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New study, pesticides have negative impact on neurological development

October 7, 2015 Staff 0 Comments agricultural pesticide, amp, environmental protection agency, EPA, exposure levels, Food, fruits and vegetables, Health care, industry, mount sinai school, mount sinai school of medicine, negative impact, offspring, pesticide, pesticide action network, pesticide exposure, pregnancy, research, researcher, risk, toxicology

The Yale School of Medicine has added to currently existing research and determined that prenatal exposure to agricultural pesticides (chlorpyrifos)

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Exposure to Pesticides increases risk of diabetes

September 23, 2015 Staff 0 Comments banned, correlation, gene, health, hypothesis, insecticide, pesticide exposure

A new study presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Sweden associated exposure to pesticides with

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DDT pesticide exposure in utero increases risk of breast cancer

June 18, 2015 Staff 0 Comments blood samples, cancer cells, cancer risk, endocrine disruptor, ep, exposures, health impact, high blood pressure, metabolism, om, pesticide exposure, pregnancy, publ, public health, public health institute, questionnaires, research, research findings, researcher, risk, scie, scientist, significant impact

A new study published by the Public Health Institute in Berkeley California has determined that DDT has a significant impact

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Pesticide use has increased resulting in the areas wild bee population plummeting

June 11, 2015 Staff 0 Comments assistant professor, environmental protection agency, fruits, fungicides, health, herbicide, herbicides, insecticide, nutritious food, obama, offspring, om, pesticide, pesticide exposure, pesticide use, research, researcher, US, use of pesticides

A Cornell University Study has determined that the use of pesticides on New York farms increased the massive die off

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Commonly used pesticide associated with ADHD.

June 3, 2015 Staff 0 Comments amp, attention deficit hyperactivity, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, banned, ep, fr, health ramifications, Nutrition, om, pesticide, pesticide exposure, publ, research, s hospital, United States

The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has associated household pesticide exposure with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The study specifically linked

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Cardiovascular disease risk heightened by Pesticide exposure

April 9, 2015 Staff 0 Comments blood samples, blood sugar levels, endocrine system, environmental impact, Food, health, inflammation, metabolic disease, metabolism, pesticide exposure, publ, risk, risk of cardiovascular disease, study population

The harmful impact of Pesticides is not only confined to environmental exposure but harms the body’s metabolic response by increasing

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157 Billion Euro health care price tag put on exposure to chemicals and pesticides

March 13, 2015 Staff 0 Comments associate professor, european union, health, health effects, health problems, intellectual disability, metabolism, pesticide, pesticide exposure, research, research findings, rna, United States, US

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has attempted to quantify the costs associated with

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Pesticides cause epigenetic changes in honey bees, compromising immune system.

November 8, 2014 Staff 0 Comments behav, epigenetic changes, genes, honey bees, natural diet, pesticide, pesticide exposure, pollen, researcher, rna, scie, US

A study from Pennsylvania State University may explain why pesticides have wiped out the bee population in the last few

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Farmers at high risk for depression due to pesticide use.

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 Staff 0 Comments chronic exposure, health problems, health study, insecticide, pesticide application, pesticide exposure, pesticide poisoning, rna, world health organization

The agricultural community is glossing over huge problems affecting farmers and their communities. Pesticides have increasingly been linked to depression

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Pesticide exposure leads to epigenetic DNA changes, passed down generations.

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Staff 0 Comments banned, endocrine system, exposures, gene expression, pesticide exposure, plos one, pregnancy, publ, research findings, susceptibility, target, transgene, US, washington state, washington state university

A study by Washington State University has specified that exposure to pesticide results in epigenetic changes passed down to furture

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