Pesticides In Children

children. In 2013, a research study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discovered in their results of “urine samples from a group of preschool children that the 135 preschool children tested positive for three unwelcome chemicals: chlorpyrifos (99 percent of children), 2,4-D (92 percent) and permethrins (64 percent)” (Pleasant). This information was significant because it clearly indicated that children had levels of the chemicals from pesticides in their body. Even though the other chemicals found in the children have effects on the body, the focus of this research study was on the chemical, chlorpyrifos. Predominant studies on children and pesticide exposure conducted at a variety of universities, including the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, found “strong evidence that low doses of chlorpyrifos inhibit kids’ brain development,” (Philpott). This means that the chemical may slow down the brain development. A child’s brain continues to develop after birth and by “age two, almost all of the billions of brain cells that you will ever have are in their places” (Hamblin). Subsequently, doctors and scientists …show more content…
A 2012 study “funded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, found pregnant women’s exposure to chlorpyrifos