Sentences with phrase «estimated exposure to pesticides»

Limitations of the study include that the study estimated exposure to pesticides based on women's self - reported intake combined with pesticide residue surveillance data rather than through direct measurement.

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It's been estimated by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide exposure from produce by almost 90 percent by avoiding the «dirty dozen.»

Researchers estimate that in the U.S. alone, nearly 100 million birds die from collisions with windows and buildings every year, eighty million birds die from collisions with automobiles, and another 67 million from exposure to pesticides on crops.