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Thyroid Cancer and Pesticide Use in a Central California Agricultural Area: A Case Control Study

Pesticides and Other Volatile Chemicals Cause Air Pollution Linked to Premature Deaths

Pesticide Exposure Contributes to Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight

45 Different Cancers Associated with Work-Related Pesticide Exposure

Women in Agricultural Work at Increased Risk for Skin and Blood Cancers from Pesticide Exposure

Common Insecticide Malathion Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease

Commonly Used Neurotoxic Pesticide Exposure Increases ALS Risk to Workers and Residents

Study Adds to 40-Year Analysis Linking Brain Cancer to Pesticide Exposure

More Scientific Evidence that Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides Disrupt Thyroid Function

Endocrine (Hormone) Disrupting Chemicals, including Pesticides, Also Affect the Nervous System

Study Finds Recently Banned, Common Insecticide Promotes Obesity Development, and Related Illnesses

In Utero and Childhood Pesticide Exposure Increases Childhood Cancer Risk

296 Chemicals in Consumer Products Increase Breast Cancer Risk through Hormone (Endocrine) Disruption

Vineyard Pesticides Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Women’s Exposure to Environmental Pollutants Prompts Infertility and Low Egg Count

Exposure to Certain Pesticides Increase the Risk of Thyroid Cancer

More Evidence Documents Glyphosate’s Link to Adverse Birth Outcomes

New Commercial Pesticide Toxicity Analysis Highlights Need to Shift to Organic Products

Breakdown Products (Metabolites) from Pesticides May Be More Toxic than Parent Compound, Study Finds

Research Shows Adverse Impacts of Glyphosate on the Human Gut Microbiome

Pesticide Exposure Increases Susceptibility to Covid-19

Exposure to PFAS — the “Forever” Chemical-During Pregnancy Results in an Increase in Heart and Metabolic Problems Among Adolescence

Living Within 2.5 Miles of Chemical Farming Increases Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors

Grandmother’s Pesticide Exposure Increases Granddaughters’ Breast Cancer and Cardiometabolic Disorder Risk

Common Use Organophosphate Insecticides Pose a Greater Threat to Women’s Health

Pesticide Exposure, Agricultural Work Associated with Chronic Lung Disease

Common Herbicide Reduces Sense of Smell in Mice at Low Doses, Implications for Parkinson’s Disease

Vulnerability to COVID-19 May Increase with Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides

Genetically Weakened Skin Barrier Allows for Easier Absorption of Toxic Chemicals

Study Finds Link Between Pesticide Exposure and Rare Blood Cancer Predecessor (MGUS)

Fungal Resistance to Antimicrobial Pesticides Leads to Deadly Infection

Secret Inert Ingredient in “Bee Safe” Pesticide Found to Kill Bumblebees

Aquatic Wildlife Populations Take a Nosedive after Neonicotinoid Exposure

Weeds Are Now Developing Resistance to Herbicides They’ve Never Been Exposed To

Monoculture Agriculture Leads to Poor Soil Health

Conventional Agriculture Decreases Diversity of Gut Bacteria in Foraging Bats

Common Mosquito Pesticide Exacerbates Health Issues Associated with Zika Virus

Studies Show How Pesticides Harm Organisms that Form the Foundation of Freshwater Ecosystems

Endangered Species Likely to Be Hard Hit by Neonicotinoid Insecticides, EPA Finds

Of Multiple Stressors, Pesticides Are the Most Harmful to Bees by Acting Synergistically to Increase Mortality

Debilitating Ear Blisters Plague Long Island Turtle Populations from Pesticide Use

Typical Neonicotinoid Insecticides at Any Level Likely to Kill Off Wild Pollinators

Deer Ticks Developing Resistance to Popular Tick Control Chemical: Implications for Lyme Disease

Death of as Many as 107,000 Bumblebees from Neonicotinoid Insecticides Studied

Conservation Genomics Pinpoint Pesticides and Pathogens in Decline of Bumblebees

Chemicals, including Pesticides, in Wastewater Discharge Contaminate Oysters in Pacific Northwest

Second Highest Honey Bee Loss in 15 Years Documented

Disease Carrying Mosquitoes Developing Resistance to Widely Used Mosquito Control Pesticides

Pesticide Contamination in Waterways Raises New Alarm for Aquatic Life, Citing Poor Regulation

Forestry Use of Glyphosate Reduces Fertility of Perennial Flowers and May Reduce Pollination

Study Highlights Important Role Field Margins Play in Insect Conservation and Pest Management

Threat to Ocean Health: Pesticide Resistant Fish Lice Plague the North Atlantic Ocean

Ecological Mystery Unravels, With Toxic Pesticide Use at the Center

Meta-Review: Pesticides Kill or Harm Soil Invertebrates Essential to Soil Health

Roundup Shown to Kill Bees— But Not How You Might Expect

“No Pollinator is Safe”—New Evidence of Neonicotinoids Harming Wild, Ground Nesting Bees

Invertebrates and Plants Face Increasing Threat from Pesticide Use, Despite Declining Chemical Use Patterns

Hazardous Pesticide Breakdown Chemicals Found in Streams Nationwide, Raising Health Concerns

Endangered Florida Manatees Contaminated with Glyphosate/ Roundup Due to Widespread Use

Ecosystem Health: Pesticide Use from Forest Management Practices Threatens Essential West Coast Marine Organisms

Implications for Human Health: Glyphosate-Related Soil Erosion Re-Releases Toxic Pesticides from Soil

Solitary Wild Bees Harmed by Neonicotinoid Pesticides Applied by Soil Drenching

Glyphosate and Other Weed Killers Create Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Agricultural Soils

Hummingbirds Harmed by Pesticides Killing Off Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

Herbicide Use in “Regenerative” No-Till Contaminates Waterbodies

Monarch Butterfly Near Extinction—Calls for Urgent Federal Action

Aggressive Cancer in Sea Lions Linked to Ocean Pollution and Herpesvirus Precursor, Implications for Human Health

Long-Term Roundup Exposure Found to Harm Keystone Wildlife Species

Pesticides are polluting our waters — and we often don’t know it

Why There’s More Concern For Farmworkers After Pesticide Cancer Study

Pesticides Linked to Honeybee Deaths Pose More Risks, European Group Says

Insect spray may lower testosterone levels in men

Study Finds “Bee-Friendly” Plants Often Contain Harmful Pesticides

Honeybees and Groundwater: Canaries in the Pesticide Coalmine

Birds, Bees, and Aquatic Life Threatened by Gross Underestimate of Toxicity of World’s Most Widely Used Pesticide

Dr. Theo Colburn’s Letter to the President About Chemicals Disrupting our Bodies

A Generation In Jeopardy: How pesticides are undermining our children’s health and intelligence

Pesticides Key Contributor in Childhood Diseases, Highlights Need for Policy Change

Common Herbicide May Increase Risk of Rare Disorder in Infants

Prenatal Exposure to Widely Used Pesticide Ingredient Linked to Childhood Cough

Growing Body of Research Shows Gynecological Diseases Linked to Environmental Contaminants

Farm pesticides blamed for fish kill

Mothball Pesticide Linked to Chromosomal Aberrations in Children

Prenatal Exposure to Insecticide Chlorpyrifos Linked to Alterations in Brain Structure and Cognition

EPA Publishes Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides in Water

Study links autism with industrial food, environment

Roundup Linked to Animal Shape Changes

Bee research details harm from insecticides

Common pesticide makes honeybees get lost and reduces bumblebee hive weight, new studies say

Researchers investigating role of pesticides in autism spectrum disorder

Low doses, big effects: Scientists seek ‘fundamental changes’ in testing, regulation of hormone-like chemicals

Hormones and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals:

Toxics Linked to Hormone Disruption and Asthma Found In Consumer Products

Reproductive Health Providers Should Discuss Environmental Exposure Risks with Patients

Prenatal Chemical Exposures Linked to ADHD in Boys

Neuropsychological Measures of Attention and Impulse Control among 8-Year-Old Children Exposed Prenatally to Organochlorines

Scientists link mass death of British bees to farm pesticides

New Research Links Propoxur to Abnormal Neurodevelopment in Children

Research links pesticides, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Androgen Blockers Appear In Effluent

Atrazine in water tied to menstrual irregularities, low hormones

New Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Prostate Cancer

Persistent Organic Pollutants Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Study Finds Pregnant Women and Fetuses Contaminated with Pesticides Linked to GE Food

Endocrine Disruptors and Asthma-Associated Chemicals in Consumer Products

Pesticide Exposure Near Workplace Linked to Parkinson’s Disease Risk

Chesapeake Bay watershed pesticide use declines but toxicity increases.

Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children

Study Finds Common Fungicide Deadly to Frogs

First Report on Bioaccumulation and Processing of Antibacterial Ingredient TCC in Fish

Study Links Prenatal Atrazine Exposure to Adverse Birth Outcomes

Parkinson’s disease risk from ambient exposure to pesticides.

Urinary Biomarkers of Prenatal Atrazine Exposure and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the PELAGIE Birth Cohort

USDA Research Links Neonicotinoid Pesticides to Bee Deaths

Study Links Low Dose POPs Exposure to Type 2 Diabetes

Pesticide Exposure in the Womb Increases ADHD Risk

Study Finds Higher Toxic Load from Pesticides in Children’s Diet

Use of Household Cleaners Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

New Report Shows Pesticide Exposure Associated with Certain Cancers

Nonpersistent Pesticides Found in Umbilical Cord Blood

Pesticides, Genes Combine to Increase Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

USGS Finds Atrazine Herbicide Adversely Affects Fish Reproduction

New Study Links Occupational Pesticide Exposure to Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia

Pesticides tied to ADHD in children in U.S. study

Cancer panel: ‘Grievous harm’ posed by unchecked chemicals in U.S.

President’s Cancer Panel: Environmentally caused cancers are ‘grossly underestimated’ and ‘needlessly devastate American lives.’

Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Skin Cancer

More Research Links Atrazine to Sexual Abnormalities in Amphibians

New Study Links Pesticide Use to Thyroid Disease in Women

Pyrethroid Pesticides in Streams Found Toxic to Indicator Species

Study Finds that Childhood Exposure to Insecticides Associated with Brain Tumors

Insect repellents linked to genital defects in baby boys

New Study Links Suicidal Thoughts to Pesticides

U.S. Geological Survey Identifies Intersex Fish Nationwide

Occupational Use of 2,4-D, Permethrin Triple the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

Study Finds that Mosquito Repellent DEET Affects Nervous System

Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Exposure to Pesticides

Common Household Pesticides Linked To Childhood Cancer

Pesticide-Chemical Mixtures Affect Sex Organ Development

Pesticide exposure and suicidal ideation in rural communities in Zhejiang province, China

Lower IQ in Children Linked to Toxic Air Pollutants, Some Pesticides

Pesticide Drift from Fields Impact Amphibian Populations

Scientists Study Children’s Susceptibility to Pesticides, Urge EPA to Act

Pesticide Exposure Link to Parkinson’s Disease Strengthened

Herbicide Exposure Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

Pesticides blamed for some childhood brain cancers

Three pesticides found to harm endangered fish

Very Highly Toxic Effects of Endosulfan Across Nine Species of Tadpoles: Lag Effects and Family-Level Sensitivity

Residential Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides Increases Risk to Parkinson’s Disease

Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Source Water of Nine Community Water Systems that Withdraw from Streams, 2002‚ 05

Statistical Modelling Suggests That Anti-Androgens in Wastewater Treatment Works Effluents are Contributing Causes of Widespread Sexual Disruption in Fish Living in English Rivers

New Study Finds Insecticidal Lice Shampoos Contaminate Children’s Bodies

Parental Exposure to Pesticides and Childhood Brain Cancer: United States Atlantic Coast Childhood Brain Cancer Study

Widespread Occurrence of Intersex Bass Found in U.S. Rivers

Autism Rates Tied to Environmental Factors, Not Changing Diagnoses

Sexual Disruption Linked to Environmental Pollutants

USGS Survey Finds Low-Level Pesticides in Drinking Water

New Study Finds That Triclosan Exposure Impacts Thyroid Hormones

Study Finds Controversial Pesticide May Contribute to Obesity

New Study Links Fungicides to Parkinson’s Disease

Agrichemicals in surface water and birth defects in the United States

Researchers Strengthen Link Between Diabetes and Pesticide Exposure

Safety Reviews Inadequate for Pesticides Widely Found in Waterways

Report Finds Risks of Developing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases Can Be Dramatically Reduced

The Effects of Triclosan on Puberty and Thyroid Hormones in Male Wistar Rats

A cohort study of pesticide poisoning and depression in Colorado farm residents.

Increase Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Study Links Women’s Brain Cancer to Herbicide Use

Study Finds Low Doses of Pesticides Impact Amphibians

Pyrethroid Pesticide Affects Puberty at Low Levels

More Research Links Pesticides to Parkinson’s Disease

Testicular Defects in Newborns Linked to Prenatal Chemical Exposure

Research Links Agent Orange Exposure to Prostate Cancer

In Agricultural Areas, Male Toads Feminized

Agriculture Alters Gonadal Form and Function in the Toad Bufo marinus

EU To Limit Chemicals in Surface Waters

The Rise in Autism and the Role of Age at Diagnosis

Organochlorine Pesticide Linked to Behavioral Deficit in Infants

Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity

Pet Shampoos Containing Insecticides Linked to Autism

Household Pesticide Use in Relation to Autism

Intersex Frogs More Common in Suburban Areas

USGS Identifies Contaminants in Potomac River Possibly Linked to Intersex Fish

Pharmaceuticals and Anti-Bacterials in Your Drinking Water

Pesticides and Atopic and Nonatopic Asthma among Farm Women in the Agricultural Health Study

Pesticides and child neurodevelopment.

Occupational Exposure to Pesticides and Risk of Adult Brain Tumors

Pesticide Mixtures Have Greater Effect on Salmon

Researcher Shows Chemicals Alter Male Reproductive System

Intersex in Smallmouth Bass Coincident with Population and Agriculture in Potomac Watershed

Hazardous Pesticides Found in Children Who Eat Chemically-Treated Foods

Scientists Say Pesticides and Other Pollutants May Be Linked to Diabetes

Study Finds That Antibacterial Enhances Endocrine Disruption

Study Finds Pesticide Exposure Increases Risk of Asthma

Organochlorine Exposure Associated with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Study Links Household Pesticide Use to Childhood Cancer

“Permanent Link to Pesticides Linked to Rising Autism Rates”

Pesticides can ‘double’ the risk of asthma.

Permanent Link to New WHO Report Focuses on Children’s Susceptibility to Chemicals

Preadolescents Exposed to DDT More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer

Study: Early life exposures impact breast cancer risk decades later

Pesticide link to autism suspected

Study Finds Pesticide Use Increase Risk of Brain Tumors

Common chemicals are linked to breast cancer

New Study Strengthens Link Between Pesticides and Lymphoma

Chemical Estrogen- Mimics Impacts Asthma, Immune Functioning

Agricultural Pesticides May Be Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes

The interrelation between organophosphate toxicity and the epidemiology of depression and suicide.

Atopy, exposure to pesticides and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Maternal Residence Near Agricultural Pesticide Applications and Autism Spectrum Disorders among Children in the California Central Valley

Organochlorines and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Autism: Transient in utero hypothyroxinemia related to maternal flavonoid ingestion during pregnancy and to other environmental antithyroid agents.

Chemicals May Play Role in Rise in Obesity

More Evidence Links Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides to Frog Sex Changes

Scientists explore connection between pollution, intersex fish.

Persistent Pesticides Linked to Diabetes

Antibacterial Agent Found to Be an Endocrine Disruptor at Low Levels

Breast cancer cases soar in farm workers

Early Onset of Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Pesticide Exposure

“Intersex” Fish Found in Potomac River, Endocrine Disruptors Suspected

Researchers Find Children Exposed to Pyrethroid Insecticides in the Home

Increased Rate of Hospitalization for Diabetes and Residential Proximity of Hazardous Waste Sites

Study Links Neurological Diseases to Pesticide Exposure

Elevated Pesticide Levels Found in Children

Study Bolsters Link between Pesticides and Parkinson’s

Review and meta-analysis of risk estimates for prostate cancer in pesticide manufacturing workers

A Longitudinal Approach to Assessing Urban and Suburban Children’s Exposure to Pyrethroid Pesticides

Research Finds Exposure To Low Levels Of Pesticides Increases Risk Of Cancer

Children Exhibit Adverse Effects From Fetal Pesticide Exposure

Widespread Pesticide Poisoning of Water Focus of Landmark Government Study

Pesticides and Parkinson’s Disease–Is There a Link?

Household exposure to pesticides and risk of childhood acute leukaemia (PDF)

Study Finds Job-Related Exposure to Pesticide (Diazinon) May Increase Cancer Risk

Children Often More Contaminated Than Their Mothers, New WWF Report Shows

Household exposure to pesticides and risk of childhood acute leukaemia

Using Biological Markers in Blood to Assess Exposure to Multiple Environmental Chemicals for Inner-City Children 3 – 6 Years Old

Are household chemicals connected to the rise in asthma?

Report Details New Links Between Environmental Toxicants and Breast Cancer

Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases

USGS Reports Majority of U.S. Fresh Water Contaminated with Pesticides

USGS Finds Pesticides In Nation’s Surface and Ground Water

Lawn chemicals linked to dog cancer, says U.S. study

Early Exposure to Chemicals May Boost Risk of Asthma

Early-Life Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma: Findings from the Children’s Health Study

EPA Blames Popular Pesticide for Frog Abnormalities

Cancer Risk and Parental Pesticide Application in Children of Agricultural Health Study Participants

Study of Insecticide Neurotoxicity Yields Clues to Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

Study Shows Farmers Poisoned by Pesticides Can Cause Depression