What are you curious about concerning the effect of pesticides exposure and its relation to childhood cancer and lower IQ?

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What are you curious about concerning the effect of pesticides exposure and its relation to childhood cancer and lower IQ?

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Pesticides are the chemical substances prepared to kill the insects and pests such as weeds, rodents, fungus etc. Commonly used pesticides are insecticide, herbicide, rodenticide, fungicide etc.

Pesticides can cause harmful effects on the human beings, there are three types of effects-

1. Acute Effects

2.Delayed Effects

3.Allergic effects

Exposure of children with pesticide-

Pesticides are used in Agriculture, veterinary, cosmetic etc then further mix with water, air, food and objects, children can be exposed at school, home, playground,farms, and fields, when children eat or drink contaminated food and beverages or directly exposed in playground, pesticides caused health effects.

 

 

 

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