{"id":285,"date":"2010-06-05T08:41:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=285"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:43:09","slug":"possible-link-between-adhd-and-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/05\/possible-link-between-adhd-and-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Link Between ADHD and Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a research paper recently published\u00c2\u00a0in <em>Pediatrics<\/em>, the official  journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the authors pose the possibility  that ADHD is linked to pesticide poisoning [&#8220;Attention-Deficit\/Hyperactivity  Disorder and Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Pesticides,&#8221; Bouchard,  Bellinger, Wright, and Weisskopf, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pediatrics.org\/\">Pediatrics<\/a>, 2010 May 17].<\/p>\n<p>Organophosphates were originally developed for chemical warfare, and they are  known to be toxic to the nervous system. There are about 40 such pesticides  registered with the Environmental Protection Agency\u00c2\u00a0in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to organophosphate pesticides has been associated with adverse  effects on neurodevelopment, such as behavioral problems and lowered cognitive  functions. In this study, children with higher urinary levels of metabolites of  these toxins were\u00c2\u00a0twice as\u00c2\u00a0likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD than  children with undetectable levels of exposure to these toxins.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, there is reason to suspect that organophosphate pesticide  exposure, at the low levels common among U.S. children, may contribute to the  prevalence of symptoms that psychiatrists like to label as ADHD.<\/p>\n<p>While no causal link is established, the findings warrant caution and further  research. A major source of exposure is thought to be pesticide traces on fruits  and vegetables, which should therefore be washed well before use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psychiatric-disorders\/\">Click here <\/a>for  more information about\u00c2\u00a0psychiatry fraudulently labeling\u00c2\u00a0 children with ADHD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may be a link between ADHD and pesticides. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/05\/possible-link-between-adhd-and-pesticides\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-muddy-river-newsletter","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NMpC-4B","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}