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Article: Toxic legacy.(PESTICIDES)(prenatal exposure)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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An ongoing prospective cohort study in New York City reveals for the first time that prenatal exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos damages children's neurodevelopment with negative impacts on cognition, motor skills, and possibly behavior. These findings, published in the December 2006 Pediatrics, mirror animal studies of the chemical, which the EPA banned for residential use in 2001. Concern persists, though, because children exposed prior to the ban may experience lifelong consequences, and population exposure continues through nonresidential uses.
The cohort study, begun in 1997, focuses on prenatal exposure to ambient and indoor pollutants and effects on ...