ScienceDaily: DDT In Mothers Linked To Developmental Delays In Children, UC Berkeley Study Finds
July 6, 2006
ScienceDaily: DDT In Mothers Linked To Developmental Delays In Children, UC Berkeley Study Finds
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that when DDT accumulates in a woman’s tissues it can be transmitted to her developing fetus across the placenta. Now, a new study led by a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that such in utero exposure is associated with developmental delays in the young child.
The more we learn about how the environement affects our long term health and development, the scarier it gets. In some places, notably heavily industrialized areas and in the far North, the levels of dangerous compounds in some women’s breastmilk is so high that many are being actively discouraged from breastfeeding.
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