Health A new report found that pesticides “penetrate the peel layer” in fruits like apples By Cara Lynn Shultz Published on August 9, 2024 04:43PM EDT Stock image of someone washing an apple. Photo: GettyWashing fruit before eating doesn’t remove pesticides — and the only way to avoid ingesting the chemicals is by peeling the...
by University of California, Los Angeles Trends in the use of glyphosate compounds, oxyfluorfen, paraquat dichloride, naled, and benomyl in California, 1979-2012. Credit: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2022). DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac413 In single pollutant models and within a 20-year period, 10 out of 29 reviewed pesticides were associated with thyroid cancer, including several of the most...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 25, 2020) – More than a quarter century after the Gulf War, female veterans who saw combat have nearly a twofold risk of reporting more than 20 total medical symptoms, like cognition and respiratory troubles, than their fellow female veterans who were not deployed, investigators report. A sizeable percentage of the female...
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Researchers at UC Davis and other institutions have shown that mothers who take recommended amounts of folic acid around conception might reduce their children’s pesticide-related autism risk. Rebecca Schmidt In the study, children whose mothers took 800 or more micrograms of folic acid (the amount in most prenatal vitamins) had a significantly lower...
