DDT’s use to combat malaria was endorsed in 2006 by the World Health Organization and the organochlorine pesticide is now sprayed inside buildings and homes throughout the developing world. But the human health impacts of DDT exposure at such high levels are unknown, say epidemiologists. Now, a meta-review of nearly 500 epidemiological studies has been […]
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Mothers’ exposure to insecticide linked to offspring obesity
Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women, according to Michigan State University researchers. More than 250 mothers who ate fish from Lake Michigan were studied for their exposure to DDE, a breakdown product of DDT. The study, published in Occupational and […]