Assessment of Maternal Occupational Pesticide Exposure during Pregnancy and Three Children with Birth Defects: North Carolina, 2004
Author: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch Division of Public Health
Date Published: 2006
This report evaluated the connection between pesticide exposures and three babies born with severe birth defects born to farmworkers. The study examined each of the three pregnant women and the duration and timing of these exposures during the critical periods in their pregnancies. The study concluded that while there is not enough evidence to definitively prove whether pesticides caused the birth defects, there is ample cause for suspicion.
Date Published: 2006
This report evaluated the connection between pesticide exposures and three babies born with severe birth defects born to farmworkers. The study examined each of the three pregnant women and the duration and timing of these exposures during the critical periods in their pregnancies. The study concluded that while there is not enough evidence to definitively prove whether pesticides caused the birth defects, there is ample cause for suspicion.
