PLoS Medicine (Oct 2018)

Organophosphate exposures during pregnancy and child neurodevelopment: Recommendations for essential policy reforms.

  • Irva Hertz-Picciotto,
  • Jennifer B Sass,
  • Stephanie Engel,
  • Deborah H Bennett,
  • Asa Bradman,
  • Brenda Eskenazi,
  • Bruce Lanphear,
  • Robin Whyatt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002671
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 10
p. e1002671

Abstract

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In a Policy Forum, Irva Hertz-Picciotto and colleagues review the scientific evidence linking organophosphate pesticides to cognitive, behavioral, and neurological deficits in children and recommend actions to reduce exposures.