Health effects of pesticide exposure in Latin American and the Caribbean populations: a scoping review

LA Zúñiga-Venegas, C Hyland… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to pesticides is
associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the literature on pesticide-related …

Environmental health threats to Latino migrant farmworkers

F Castillo, AM Mora, GL Kayser, J Vanos… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Approximately 75% of farmworkers in the United States are Latino migrants, and about 50%
of hired farmworkers do not have authorization to work in the United States. Farmworkers …

Parental alcohol consumption and risk of leukemia in the offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MA Karalexi, N Dessypris… - European Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Parental alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy has been linked to adverse
outcomes in the offspring including leukemogenesis. We, therefore, aimed to systematically …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment in children aged 6–9 years from Talamanca, Costa Rica

BW de Joode, AM Mora, CH Lindh… - cortex, 2016 - Elsevier
Certain pesticides may affect children's neurodevelopment. We assessed whether pesticide
exposure was associated with impaired neurobehavioral outcomes in children aged 6–9 …

[HTML][HTML] Caesarean delivery and risk of childhood leukaemia: a pooled analysis from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)

EL Marcotte, TP Thomopoulos… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Results from case-control studies have shown an increased risk of acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in young children born by caesarean delivery, and prelabour …

Prenatal and postnatal manganese teeth levels and neurodevelopment at 7, 9, and 10.5 years in the CHAMACOS cohort

AM Mora, M Arora, KG Harley, K Kogut, K Parra… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Numerous cross-sectional studies of school-age children have observed that
exposure to manganese (Mn) adversely affects neurodevelopment. However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to multiple pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes among smallholder farmers in Uganda

S Fuhrimann, A Farnham, P Staudacher… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to single pesticide
active ingredients or chemical groups is associated with adverse neurobehavioral outcomes …

Comparative analysis of pesticide use determinants among smallholder farmers from Costa Rica and Uganda

P Staudacher, S Fuhrimann… - Environmental …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Pesticides are used globally in agriculture and pose a threat to the health of farmers,
communities, and the environment. Smallholder farmers in low-and middle-income countries …

Early-life exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and childhood metabolic function

AF Fleisch, SL Rifas-Shiman, AM Mora… - Environmental …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals that may persist in
the environment and in humans. There is a possible association between early-life PFAS …

Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and functional neuroimaging in adolescents living in proximity to pesticide application

SK Sagiv, JL Bruno, JM Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We have reported consistent associations of prenatal organophosphate pesticide (OP)
exposure with poorer cognitive function and behavior problems in our Center for the Health …