A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, appears to confirm previous research that found a connection between pesticides and ADHD. Brenda Eskenazi, a UC Berkeley epidemiologist, studied over 300 Mexican Americans for several years.
Eskenazi and her team tested for levels of pesticide metabolites in urine in the [pregnant] mothers twice during their pregnancies and several times in the children after birth.
They then tested the children at ages 3 ½ years and 5 years for attention disorders and ADHD… they found that each tenfold increase in pesticide levels in the mothers’ urine was associated with a fivefold increase in attention problems. [Source: San Francisco Chronicle]
Just three months ago, a Harvard study found similar results, even with lower pesticides levels. In a statement accompanying the study results, Eskenazi recommended that parents buy organic foods when possible, and wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before they’re eaten.
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