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Pesticides Link To ADHD Confirmed, Study Reveals

Sunday, June 7, 2015 13:03
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A new study has uncovered evidence between commonly used household pesticides and ADHD in children. 

Researchers have found a link between exposure to pyrethroid pesticides and ADHD, as well as ADHD related symptoms such as hyperactivity and impulsivity.

Webmd.com reports:

The link between the pesticides and ADHD was stronger in boys than in girls, according to the findings published online in the journal Environmental Health.

However, researchers only found an association between pesticides and ADHD. The study did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

Pyrethroid pesticides — considered safer than organophosphate pesticides — are the most widely used pesticides for home and public health pest control, and their use in agriculture is increasing, according to the researchers.

“Given the growing use of pyrethroid pesticides and the perception that they may represent a safe alternative, our findings may be of considerable public health importance,” study corresponding author Dr. Tanya Froehlich, a developmental pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, said in a hospital news release.

She and her colleagues analyzed data from nearly 700 children between the ages of 8 and 15. The children had taken part in the 2000-2001 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The researchers looked at levels of 3-PBA — a chemical indicator of exposure to pyrethroids — in the children’s urine.

Boys with detectable levels of 3-PBA in their urine were three times more likely to have ADHD than those without detectable 3-PBA. For every 10-fold increase in 3-PBA levels in boys, there was a 50 percent increased risk for hyperactivity and impulsivity — both symptoms of ADHD.

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