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FIU researchers discover how DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk
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FIU researchers discover how DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY VIDEO: JASON RICHARDSON, PROFESSOR AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY’S ROBERT STEMPEL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK, DISCUSSES A NEW STUDY THAT REVEALS HOW DDT EXPOSURE CONTRIBUTES TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK. CREDIT: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MIAMI (Aug. 17, 2022) – A new study led by researchers from Florida International University (FIU) reveals a...

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DDT exposure in grandmothers linked to obesity, earlier periods in granddaughters

PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE Oakland, CA-In the first study to report on the health effects of exposure to a toxic environmental chemical over three human generations, a new study has found that granddaughters whose grandmothers were exposed to the pesticide DDT have higher rates of obesity and earlier first menstrual periods. This may increase the granddaughters’...