When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos

Strong evidence now supports the notion that organophosphate pesticides damage the fetal brain and produce cognitive and behavioral dysfunction through multiple mechanisms, including thyroid disruption. A regulatory ban was proposed, but actions to end the use of one such pesticide, chlorpyrifos, in...

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Published in:	PLoS biology Vol. 15; no. 12; p. e2003671
Main Author:	Trasande, Leonardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 21.12.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Agricultural economics Agrochemicals Biology and Life Sciences Brain damage Brain injury Case studies Chlorpyrifos Cognitive ability Cohort analysis Economic aspects Environmental policy Environmental protection Fetuses Health aspects Health risk assessment Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Norms Organophosphates Organophosphorus pesticides People and Places Pesticides Physical Sciences Research and Analysis Methods Science Policy Social aspects Studies Thyroid United States
ISSN:	1545-7885, 1544-9173, 1545-7885
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