Prenatal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticide Use and IQ in 7-Year-Old Children

Conclusions: This study identified potential relationships between maternal residential proximity to agricultural use of neurotoxic pesticides and poorer neurodevelopment in children. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP504 Received: 08 January 2016 Revised: 13 May 2016 Accepted: 14 June 2016 Published: 25 May 2017 Address correspondence to R. Gunier, Center for Environmental Research and Childrens Health (CERCH), School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 1995 University Ave., Suite 265, Berkeley, CA 94704. Telephone: (510) 847-3858. E-mail: gunier@berkeley.edu. A.B. is a volunteer member of the Board for The Organic Center, a nonprofit organization addressing scientific issues around organic food and agriculture. All other authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being presented. If you need assistance accessing journal content, please contact ehponline@niehs.nih.gov. Our staff will work with you to assess and meet your accessibility needs within 3 working days. Supplemental Material PDF (178 KB) Note to readers with disabilities: EHP has provided a 508-conformant table of contents summarizing the Supplemental Material for this article (see below) ...
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