Entire Family Of Organophosphate Pesticides Appears To Cause Brain Damage In Children Even At Low Levels Of Exposure,

reports, “The entire family of widely used pesticides known as organophosphates causes brain damage in children even at low levels of exposure – and should be phased out,” concluded researchers in a “first-of-its-kind paper published” in PLOS Medicine. For the study, investigators “examined all the existing scientific literature on a class of chemicals that has for decades served as the main ingredient in farmers’ pest killers.” Almost two years ago, “the Trump administration ignited a new debate over chlorpyrifos, one of the pesticides in the family...when the Environmental Protection Agency abandoned plans to ban the chemical’s use on food.” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/organophosphate-ban-pesticides_us_5bcfd6bbe4b0a8f17ef1d420