Yale Environment 360: From the Fields to Inner City, Pesticides Affect Children's IQ
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New York City’s low-income neighborhoods and California’s Salinas Valley, where 80 percent of the United States’ lettuce is grown, could hardly be more different. But scientists have discovered that children growing up in these communities — one characterized by the rattle of subway trains, the other by acres of produce and vast sunny skies — share a pre-natal exposure to pesticides that appears to be affecting their ability to learn and succeed in school.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 5/29/2011 6:00 AM 
Categories: Agriculture
Tags: pesticides new york city health prenatal chemicals
Categories: Agriculture
Tags: pesticides new york city health prenatal chemicals
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