Pesticide Exposure & Kids

Associations of acetylcholinesterase activity with depression and anxiety symptoms among adolescents growing up near pesticide spray sites - Jose R.Suarez-Lopez, Naomi Hood, José Suárez-Torres, Sheila Gahagan, Megan R.Gunnar, Dolores López-Paredes

Blood pressure after a heightened pesticide spray period among children living in agricultural communities in Ecuador - Jose R.Suarez Lopez, Fatimaezzahra Amchich, Jonathan Murillo, Julie Denenberg

Elizabeth Guillette, et al, “An Anthropological Approach to the Evaluation of Preschool Children Exposed to Pesticides in Mexico,” - Environmental Health Perspectives, June 1998.

Impact of environmental exposure to insecticides on the cognitive development of 6 year old children - Cécile Chevrier, Jean-François Viel

Maryland Children's Environmental Health Progress Report - Maryland Environmental Health Network. January 2013.  Focus on:Pesticides, Chemicals and Toxics, Fracking, Water Contamination, Air Pollution, Climate Change. 

Organophosphorus pesticide exposure and neurobehavioral performance in Latino children living in an orchard community - Jamie Butler-Dawson, Kit Galvin, Peter S. Thorne, Diane S. Rohlman

Pesticide contamination and associated risk factors at public playgrounds near intensively managed apple and wine orchards - Caroline LinhartEmail author, Georg H. Niedrist, Magdalena Nagler, Rajini Nagrani, Veronika Temml, Tommaso Bardelli, Thomas Wilhalm, Andreas Riedl, Johann G. Zaller, Peter Clausing and Koen Hertoge

Pesticides and children - [Garry, V.F., 2004. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 198(2): p. 152-163.;

Policy Statement; Pesticide Exposure in Children - COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AAP, Pediatrics, December 2012

Potential Exposure and Health Risks of Infants following Indoor Residential Pesticide Applications - Am J. Public Health. 80:689-693

Prenatal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticide Use and IQ in 7-Year-Old Children - Robert B. Gunier, Asa Bradman, Kim G. Harley, Katherine Kogut, and Brenda Eskenazi1

Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Pesticides and Behavioral Problems in Canadian Children - Citation: Oulhote Y, Bouchard MF. 2013. Urinary metabolites of organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides and behavioral problems in Canadian children. Environ Health Perspect 121:1378–1384;  http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306667