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"Salinas, California: The Salad Bowl of Pesticides" [1]

Alarm bells are being set off by a new study of the families of California farm workers exposed to pesticides. It finds much higher levels of pervasive developmental disorder among children of mothers exposed to higher levels of neurotoxicant organophosphate pesticides.

Sheila Kaplan reports for AOL News December 22, 2010. [2]

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Source: AOLNews [2], 12/23/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/salinas-california-salad-bowl-pesticides [2] http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/21/salinas-california-the-salad-bowl-of-pesticides/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81