Find a relationship between pesticides and the development of ADHD
Pesticides used on fruits and vegetables could be related to the onset of the condition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. This has revealed a study by the University of Montreal, Canada.
The researchers measured the levels of pesticide were 1139 children from a urine sample each. Also interviewed the parents, to determine which children had the disorder and what does not. The participants, aged between eight and 15 years, had been part of a study carried out by the government between 2000 and 2004.
The results showed that almost all of them had up to 94 percent of this substance. One thing to remember is that children, due to their weight, are more exposed than adults to health risks caused by pesticides.
According to the study, published in Pediatrics, children who had the most amount of pesticides in the urine were more likely to develop ADHD. The study did not materialize how they had come into contact with it (could have been through the consumption of water or food treated with pesticides or by breathing air contaminated with the substance.)
“The exposure is virtually ubiquitous, we are all exposed,” said Martys Bouchard, lead author of the research. In his view, people could limit their exposure by eating organic foods.
Although it will take more studies to confirm a link between pesticides and the development of ADHD, Virginia Rauh, of Columbia University in New York, who has investigated prenatal pesticide exposure in other studies, says these results should be taken seriously.
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