Nearby Pesticides increase Autism risk in mothers’ unborn children by more than 60%
– Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay, a study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has found. The associations were stronger when the exposures occurred during the second and third trimesters of the women’s pregnancies.
* published online today in Environmental Health Perspectives
– http://healthresearchreport.me/2014/06/23/nearby-pesticides-increase-autism-risk-in-mothers-unborn-children-by-more-than-60/
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