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Health & Fitness

The Association Between Pesticides and Childrens' Disabilities

Roughly one in six children in the United States has one or more developmental disability, ranging from a learning disability to a serious behavioral or emotional disorder.

Scientists believe that the amount of toxic chemicals in the environment that cause neurological and developmental damage are contributing to the rise of physical and mental effects found in children.

Studies show children’s developing organs create early windows of great vulnerability during which exposure to lawn pesticides can cause great damage.

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Lawn pesticide products containing herbicides and fertilizers (like weed and feed) tested on mice show increased risk of infertility, miscarriage and birth defects at very low dosages. Now imagine what the lawn pesticide and insecticide products do to pets that love to roll in the grass!

                Also, a 2004 peer-reviewed study found that young infants and toddlers exposed to weedkillers (herbicides) within their first year of life are four and a half times more likely to develop asthma. It also found that they are two and a half times more likely when exposed to insecticides.

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                It is time to stop and think about the effects chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc. are doing to your children and pets.

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