Chlorpyrifos: common pesticide tied to brain damage in children
Chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide, is strongly linked to brain damage in children. Longitudinal birth cohort study of inner-city mothers and children found that “Higher prenatal CPF exposure, as measured in umbilical cord blood plasma, was associated with decreases in cognitive functioning on two different WISC-IV indices, in a sample of urban minority children at […]
Nearly 400 people sick from Salmonella in UK; nearly half are children
Almost 400 people have fallen ill with Salmonella since the start of the year in the United Kingdom after eating frozen chicken products. The Food Standards Agency and Public Health England are investigating a rise in patients with two strains of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to frozen raw breaded processed chicken products. Cases of Salmonella linked […]