Preconception and Prenatal Maternal Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Neonatal Health Risks, Study Finds - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Maternal exposure to pesticides, as documented with residential proximity to agriculture, impacts neonatal health.

In a study of #birth outcomes in Arizona, researchers find that #preconception & #prenatal #exposure to some #carbamates, #organophosphates, & #pyrethroids increases risk of lower #Apgar scores. University of Arizona Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health #UCLA ➡️ Blog: https://ow.ly/YUMg50YzP2r

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But nice lawns and golf courses and unblemished flower gardens are so important. We can't possibly give up routine use of #pesticides.

Yet it's clear that even "benign" pesticides, like #pyrethroids, have adverse impacts. Even if they are harmless to people and pets, they have serious adverse […]

Mass Kill of Monarch Butterflies in California Linked to Pesticide Residues in Their Bodies - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The mass mortality event of monarch butterflies in California yet again shows how pesticides threaten pollinators and biodiversity.

A study following a mass mortality event of #monarch #butterflies in #CA highlights the role of #pesticides, synthetic #pyrethroids in particular, in causing lethal and sublethal effects to nontarget organisms. 🦋 #USGS #PacificGrove #pollinators @xercessociety.bsky.social ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/IeyE50WqGpi

Graphica abstract of: Quality traits of the lady beetle Eriopis connexa (Germar) resistant to pyrethroids over 130 generations of rearing

A new article in #RESAgForestEnt presents quality traits of the lady beetle #Eriopis connexa (Germar) resistant to #pyrethroids over 130 generations of rearing

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Study Links Numerous Chemical Families of Pesticides to Endocrine Disrupting Effects, Including Obesity - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as pesticides, is linked to obesity.

A team led by @UCV_svm researchers, after a systematic review of studies on #pesticides as #EDCs on body weight, link their #agricultural use to #obesity, while altering #metabolism & #hormone levels! ➡️ #organophosphates #pyrethroids #neonics Blog: ow.ly/wh4r50UsJ4c

Review Cites Memory and Learning Impairments; Children, Workers, and Nontarget Organisms at Risk - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog Exposure to pesticides, such as organophosphates, synthetic pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids, is linked to memory and learning impairments.

Lit review finds that #pesticides with different action mechanisms—focusing on #organophosphates, synthetic #pyrethroids, & #neonics—cause #memory & #learning impairments in nontarget organisms, placing #children & occupational workers at #risk. #exposure @ufrgsnoticias @FURG Blog: ow.ly/9HXG50UpVxs

More Findings of Mosquito Resistance to Neurotoxic Pyrethroids Elevate Need for Eco-Compatible Strategies - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog As insect-borne diseases like eastern equine encephalitis become a focus of mosquito managers, there is a continuing pattern of mosquito resistance to synthetic pyrethroid insecticides.

More findings of #mosquito resistance to neurotoxic #pyrethroids in Colombia elevate the need to prioritize #ecological pest management strategies that acknowledge #health threats & the environmental #harm associated with #pesticide exposure. #EEE Blog:

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#Pyrethroids, common insecticides, undergone a tiered risk assessment. The #metabolite 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA), found in most pyrethroids, raises concern.
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Pyrethroid metabolites are detectable in urine samples from the general population, including pregnant women and children. #Pyrethroids are #neurotoxic and suggested endocrine disruptors.
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Popular Insecticides Associated with Osteoarthritis Exposure to pyrethroid insecticides increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease.

Jilin University researchers find higher 3-PBA concentrations linked with increased #osteoarthritis risk—4th leading cause of disability in the #USA! There is a better way, without exposure to toxic #pyrethroids. 💡 #organic Blog:

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The Growing Insecticide Resistance Issue Increases Concerns Over Deadly Disease Transmission Through Mosquitos - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, August 2, 2023) A study published in Pest Management Science finds resistance to insecticides like pyrethroids are challenging attempts to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti), the primary transmitter (vector) of dengue fever. While this study takes place in Bangladesh, resistance to biocides—whether to antibiotics, antimicrobials, or pesticides—is growing globally. Prevention of disease outbreaks is threatened by reliance on chemical biocides to which pathogens and their vectors develop resistance. In fact, resistance is predicted by elementary population genetics, and the speed of its evolution is directly related to the toxicity—that is, the strength of selection pressure—and inversely related to the generation length of the organism. (See PAY articles here and here, a PBS article here.) Insecticide resistance has been an issue since the introduction of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) in the 1940s. Although most countries currently ban DDT use, the compound is not the only chemical pesticide promoting pest resistance. Several current-use insecticides pose the same threat. Areawide, indiscriminate spraying of insecticides is causing resistance to develop among many pests. Mosquitoes have become increasingly resistant to synthetic pyrethroids, in addition to other classes of insecticides, such as carbamates and organophosphates. Thus, this study demonstrates the need for sustainable and practical strategies […]

Growing #insecticide #resistance issue increases concerns over deadly disease transmission through #mosquitos. Resistance to #biocides—whether to #antibiotics, #antimicrobials, or #pesticides—is growing globally. #pyrethroids #poisoning #publichealth Blog:

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Exposure to Widely Used Bug Sprays Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, October 5, 2022) Exposure to widely used synthetic pyrethroids, present in many mosquito adulticides and household insecticides like RAID, is associated with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, according to research published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This is the latest pesticide-induced disease associated with this dangerous class of chemicals – a harm to individual Americans that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not considering when it registers pesticides. To remedy the major deficiencies in EPA’s reviews, and protect residents from chronic disease, more and more communities are transitioning to safer, organic pest management practices that do not require pyrethroids and other toxic synthetic pesticides. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes systemic inflammation throughout the body, resulting in progressive damage to an individual’s joints. In the United States, roughly 1.3 million adults suffer from RA, accounting for nearly 1% of the adult population. Health care costs associated with the disease reach nearly $20 billion annually. To better understand the etiology behind the disease, an international team of researchers from China, Illinois, and Missouri analyzed data from the 2007-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a long-running program that began in the early 1960s […]

Exposure to widely used synthetic #pyrethroids in many #mosquito #adulticides & #household #insecticides like #RAID is associated with a diagnosis of #RheumatoidArthritis. #EPA fails to consider this harm when registering the #pesticides.#RA #EPAfail

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Pesticides in Sediment Contribute to Secondary Source of Chemical Pollution in Aquatic Environments - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, October 4, 2022) A study published in Environmental Pollution finds pyrethroid insecticides contribute to a secondary source of contamination in water resources. Various pyrethroids, including bifenthrin, are detectable in urban catch basins (storm drains) that collect runoff water before draining into the open environment. There is a lack of information regarding the pesticides’ presence in urban catch basins. However, pesticide contamination in water resources is historically commonplace and widespread throughout U.S. rivers and streams, with at least five different pesticides present in 90 percent of water samples. Moreover, thousands of tons of pesticides not only enter waterways (e.g., rivers, streams, lakes, oceans) around the U.S. through urban catch basins but agricultural and nonagricultural sources as well, contaminating essential drinking water sources, such as surface water and groundwater. Reports like these are essential for determining appropriate regulatory action to protect the human, animal, and environmental health from chemical toxicant contamination, especially if chemical contamination is highly detectable. The study notes, “The high detection frequency of bifenthrin and overall pyrethroid concentrations, especially for particle-bound residues, suggest that underground urban catch basins constitute an important secondary source for extended and widespread contamination of downstream surface waters by pesticides such as pyrethroids in urban […]

#Pyrethroids are detectable in #stormdrains that collect #runoff water before draining into the environment. #Pesticide contamination is widespread in #rivers & streams, and at least five different #pesticides are present in 90% of #water samples. #EPAfail

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>>Urge your Governor to ban bug bombs in your state! With EPA’s failure to protect people from the aptly named “bombs,” it is important for states to take action to protect citizens. “Bug bombs are not killing cockroaches...they’re not putting pesticides in places where cockroaches are and they’re increasing pesticide levels in the home.

With #EPA’s failure to protect people from aptly named “bug bombs,” it is important for states to take action to protect citizens. #bugbombs #pesticides #bugfoggers #TotalReleaseFoggers #pyrethroids #cockroaches #bedbugs #ants Take action:

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