Decreasing prenatal exposure to pesticides reduces the number of underweight and SGA [small for gestational age] neonates.
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/84/98156.htm?printing=true
"...Whyatt's team collected data from 316 pregnant African-American and Dominican women living in northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. They found that during their pregnancies, the women often were exposed pesticides.
It's those darn hospital gowns.
"By 2001, after exposures had been reduced due to U.S. EPA regulatory action, almost none of the newborns had these higher exposure levels and the association between cord plasma chlorpyrifos levels and birth weight and length was no longer significant," Whyatt and colleagues write.
Where's the usual tag line, that since the Bushcokkk presidency exposure levels have been on the rise? I guess it's inferred from the date.
"However, these pesticides continue to be used for agricultural use on many food crops. Pregnant farm workers may be at particular risk, the authors note..."
Debbi
I know I'll contact my congressman about those northern Manhattan and South Bronx factory farms. They are putting pregnant women at risk!
Kevin T. - VRWLC
No harm intended.
Why am I awake? Insomnia and the Yankees start in 90 minutes. Do I go into work 2 hours early for the whole game or stay at home and miss the last few innings?
Where's the preseason baseball post by G.M. about the best players ever playing for the best teams ever at the best stadiums ever in the best cities ever in the greatest country in world (plus Canada and PR)?
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