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Exposure to Pesticides in Pregnancy Can Lower Children’s IQ

Moms-to-be have a lot to worry about while they’re expecting, especially since everything they’re exposed to has a chance of affecting their developing baby.

And that includes pesticides, from the kind that farmers spray on fruit and vegetable crops to the bug-killers that we use in our homes. In three separate studies published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers document that a mother’s prenatal exposure to these chemicals can affect the cognitive development of her child, in some cases up to nine years later.

Read more:

http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/21/exposure-to-pesticides-in-pregnancy-can-lower-childrens-iq/

Read Full Study:

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003185/

23.04.2011 08:28 Age 13 yrs
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