A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that people who have higher levels of a chemical in their body that indicates exposure to commonly used insecticides die of cardiovascular disease at a ...

Environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides was associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in an observational study of a nationally representative ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 10, 2020) A new study by researchers out of the University of Iowa College of Public Health, published in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal ...

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This study is part of the CPES that was first conducted in Seattle (the Children Pesticide Exposure Study – Washington, CPES-WA) from 2003 to 2004, and then repeated in Atlanta, GA (CPES-GA) from 2006 ...

Synthetic pyrethroids are chemically formulated versions of the natural-based pesticide pyrethrum, made from extracts from plants in the chrysanthemum family. A widely used class of insecticides, ...

Environmental exposure to common pesticides may cause boys to reach sexual maturity earlier, researchers have found. Environmental exposure to common pesticides may cause boys to reach sexual maturity ...

Researchers have sought to determine if a new and alternative class of insecticide -- anthranilic diamides -- could be effectively used instead of the more risky ones used today. If so, farmers would ...

This study was a prospective birth cohort study begun in 2010 to examine the relationship of pesticides and other environmental exposures with the health of pregnant women and their children living in ...