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Agricultural Pesticides Linked To Fetal Death
By Keith Mulvihill 

SOURCE: Epidemiology 2001;22:148-156. 

 

 

Pesticides Linked To Stillbirths 

SOURCE: Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1997;54:511-518) 

 

Exposure to pesticides linked to mild learning problems

SOURCE: The Lancet 2000;356:912-913. 

 

 

Pesticides and Aggression 

Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly #648 -- April 29, 1999

 

 

Pesticides Linked with Prostate Cancer in Farmers

Source: Reuters Health; 1 May 2003

 

Pesticides May Increase Parkinson's Risk 

Source: Annual Meeting American Academy of Neurology in San Diego May 9, 2000

 

States to EPA: Label all hazards in pesticides
By Michael Gormley, Associated Press Writer 

Originally published on Boston.com; August 1, 2006

 

Pesticides and Cancer Rates in Costa Rica

Catharina Wesseling et al., "Geographical Differences of Cancer Incidence in Costa Rica in Relation to Environmental and Occupational Pesticide Exposure." International Journal of Epidemiology 28(3), June 1999, pp. 365-374.

 

Organophosphate Exposure and Sperm Abnormalities
Source: C. Padungtod et al. "Sperm Aneuploidy Among Chinese Pesticide Factory Workers: Scoring by the FISH Method." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 36:2, August 1999, pp. 230-238.

 

 

 

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