Effect of community of residence on neurobehavioral development in infants and young children in a flower-growing region of Ecuador
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2007
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC, US
Abstract
The study compares neurobehavioral development in Ecuadoran children living in two communities with high potential for exposure to organophosphate (OP) and carbamate pesticides, to that of children living in a community with low potential for exposure. In Ecuador, large-scale agricultural products dominate the export industry; and the cut-flower industry which depends heavily on the use of pesticides is the country’s third most valuable export. Residence in communities with high potential for exposure to OP and carbamate pesticides was associated with poorer neurobehavioral development of the child, even after controlling for major determinants of delayed development, especially in the development of gross motor skills.
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ECUADOR, PESTICIDES, PUBLIC HEALTH, FLOWER INDUSTRY, ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, ECOHEALTH, SUSTAINABLE AGRO-INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, NEUROBEHAVIOURAL MANIFESTATIONS