Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked To Autism In Children Study Finds
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Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked To Autism In Children Study Finds Pregnant women with higher levels of a banned pesticide that’s still found in many foods today are more likely to have children diagnosed with autism, a new study finds.  tinyurl.com/yc3mbtux Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, is an insecticide widely used after its development in the 1940s. It’s particularly known to help prevent malaria, typhus, and other insect-borne diseases. Of course, it was also extremely useful for farmers and anyone else who found themselves frequently bugged by insects. The pesticide became commonly used across the world, but by the late 1950s, its dangerous effects on the environment and wildlife began to come into light; consequently in 1972, as it became clearer that it was unhealthy for human exposure, the Environmental Protection Agency banned its use in America. Despite the ban, DDT is still showing up in our food decades later. The EPA warns the chemical is “known to be very persistent in the environment,” and “can travel long distances in the upper environment.” It continues to be found across the food chain, particularly in vegetables, fish, meat, and dairy products, according to the advocacy group Toxic-Free Future. DDT is of particular concern to unborn children because it can still transfer across the placenta. + Read more: tinyurl.com/yc3mbtux
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