Pesticides raise child risk of leukaemia - study January 17, 2006 Reuters LONDON - Dr Florence Menegaux, of the research institute INSERM Villejuif, France, along with colleagues, was cited as reporting in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine that children born to women who used insecticides in the home while pregnant and after the birth were nearly twice as likely as other youngsters to develop leukaemia, and that even insecticidal shampoos to kill head lice raised the odds of the disease, stating, "The results ... support the hypothesis that various types of insecticide exposure may be a risk factor for childhood acute leukaemia." The researchers discovered the link after interviewing the mothers of 280 children who had been diagnosed with leukaemia and of 288 healthy children. They found that youngsters exposed to fungicides and garden insecticides hadmore than double the risk of the illness than other children.
This is another example of the unitntended consequences of the use of biocides. I would go on and on about this, but.... I have work to do. THANK YOU foir posting it! C