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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

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February 2019

High pesticide exposure linked to loss of smell
Farmer repairing equipment used to apply pesticides

A study of farmers linked high pesticide exposure, such as during spills, to later losing the sense of smell. Quick clean up may lower risk.
Improving tests for developmental neurotoxicity
Freshwater zebrafish

NTP-led collection of papers evaluated cell-based models, zebrafish, and other approaches for rapid screening of thousands of chemicals.
Epigenetic marks on DNA may signal asthma risk
Child with asthma

The researchers hope the findings may help identify newborns at risk of asthma and shed light on how the disease begins and develops.

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