‘Safe’ Pesticides Now First in Poisonings: pyrethrins and pyrethroids

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Earlier today, a post about pesticides including citations associating

certain pesticides with autism. The findings in those studies may be the

tip of an iceberg. Home-use pesticides remain common. D'Amelio et al

hypothesized and found that the US was likelier to have

pesticide-associated autism because the US govt supports policies that

allow pesticide use in home settings. The earlier news item reported

that the USDA intends to hide information about pesticides in the US.

The report by Public Integrity makes clear that pesticide exposure is

not benign in the US -

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‘Safe’ Pesticides Now First in Poisonings

M.B. Pell and Jim

July 30, 2008

http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/pesticides/pages/introduction/

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