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Prenatal exposure to common insecticide linked to decreases in cognitive functioning at age 7

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Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the neurotoxicity of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure on Cognitive Development at the time of school entry.

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