Education News – Grace Smith
“New research published online in the journal Environmental Health has suggested a link between commonly used household pesticide and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and teens. Rick Nauert PhD., reporting for PsychCentral, writes that the relationship was correlational, not a cause and effect linkage, but the finding that pyrethroid pesticide exposure and ADHD are associated, particularly in cases of hyperactivity and impulsivity, is an important discovery. The research, carried out at Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center, found the association was stronger in boys than in girls and that inattentiveness was not associated with contact with pesticide.”(more)