Friday, April 8, 2011

Pesticides cause spring born children low achievers

[] Message: United States Indiana University School of medicine clinical Pediatrics Professor Paul · Winchester on 150 million 8-15-year-old child's test scores for statistics, found that compared to other seasons spring baby, baby English and maths is significantly worse, but the results may be related with insecticides.

According to the United Kingdom the "daily mail" reported 7, Winchester in the United States recently held at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic published this discovery. He said that, although no conclusive evidence that pesticides are the source of the problem, but his study "strongly support this idea."

Pregnancy in the early months of fetal brain development is a critical period. Spring born children, pregnant mothers in the summer. While summer is the most widely used pesticides. Winchester said, "people in farmland and home use of pesticides, while in summer they come into contact with most of the opportunity. "He further explained:" continuous exposure to insecticides affects pregnant women's hormonal secretion, thus affecting fetal brain development. ”

Pesticides on human health hazards reflected in many ways. Winchester earlier one study showed that pregnant women with excessive exposure to pesticides may result in premature infants. Pesticides may cause the mother to be suffering from thyroid disease, thus affecting the fetus.

In addition, pesticides also may make people suffering from Parkinson's disease risk doubled. United Kingdom environment pollution Committee 2005 published reports that spraying insecticide farmland is a potential threat to human health, and human suffering from Parkinson's disease, cancer and myalgia Encephalomyelitis and other diseases.

United Kingdom against insecticides organization "pesticide movement" Member George Ryder · downs said: "pregnant women, fetuses, infants and children to insecticides against resistance is particularly weak. ”

Winchester advise people on pesticides harm given enough attention. He said: "pesticides on human nervous system damage may lie dormant for decades. ”

Spring baby may not as good as other seasonal baby clever — United States, a Professor of clinical Pediatrics investigated 150 million children's academic achievement, after the above conclusions.

The professor thinks that early pregnancy pregnant too much exposure to pesticides are fetal intellectual development of one of the important factors. But this argument further.

A different interpretation: the food with the intake

For a child born in the spring of the intelligence is in the "inferior" this phenomenon, researchers there are other explanations.

They believe that the mother during pregnancy food intake is closely related with the season and the season of the year have different epidemics. These two factors will affect the newborn health and brain development.

In particular, those spring maternity mother, in a few months after pregnancy falls in winter, this time their vitamin intake is usually less than summer. While the kids weaned and hit the hot summer months, when the child's fragile digestive system is prone to bacterial infections.

However, peer or Winchester on insecticide hazard study gives a positive assessment.

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