Sentences with phrase «term exposure to the pesticide»

Long - term exposure to the pesticide over one to two days reduced the ability of bees to fly.

A study, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, looked at the neurobehavioral effects of long - term exposure to pesticides as a 4 - year follow - up of the PHYTONER study.

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In addition to the direct environmental benefits Organic Agriculture provides, it reduces farm costs in the long - term by increasing soil fertility, ensures animal welfare, protects farmers against dangerous pesticide exposure and contributes to rural development by generating additional farm employment and fair incomes.

These results don't yet prove that Parkinson's disease in humans can result from long - term exposure to low levels of rotenone or similar pesticides.

Dietary exposure to low pesticide doses causes long - term immunosuppression in the leopard frog (Rana pipiens).

Long - term pesticide exposure may be related to changes in the brain and nervous system, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reports.

Exposure to pesticides and fungicides have been proven to cause negative short - term or long - term effects on the environment and the health of animals and humans, especially in the reproductive, endocrine and central nervous systems.

For example, a toxin may produce an immediate effect to a certain drug or pesticide, but more commonly, the negative effects are long term, for example long time asbestos exposure leading to lung cancer.

Scientists have found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides physically changes the development of areas of the brain that control language, short - term memory, behavior and emotion.

All three showed that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides, whether used on crops in the fields or to control cockroaches in apartments, can cause long - term effects on the brain health of children — a «bombshell» finding.

Topical pesticide products would be a big «no» for your animal and you should eliminate their exposure to household and lawn chemicals for the good of their long term health.

In terms of bird welfare, 67 % of Gatineau residents think habitat destruction is the worst threat to birds, with pesticide exposure coming in second at 46 %, and cats in third place at 33 %.