MedPage Today (3/1, Walker) reports a study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine found “young children whose mothers were exposed to pyrethroid insecticides while pregnant showed increased rates of behavioral difficulties.”
Researchers from the French national research institute INSERM determined that, “after adjusting for certain potential confounders, there was a positive association between high prenatal concentrations in maternal urine of certain neurotoxic chemicals found in insecticides, on one hand, and on the other, internalizing behavioral difficulties at age 6 in offspring.”
The report explains that “there was a more than twofold increased risk of abnormal or borderline social behavior” for children showing the highest exposure levels.
Related Links:
— “Insecticide Exposure Linked to Behavioral Problems in Kids — Associations found for both pregnant women, young children,” Molly Walker , MedPage Today, March 1, 2017.