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 Research by the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health has shown an association between test performance on some standardized tests and pesticide exposures in children.
“Most information about pesticide effects in humans comes from accidental poisoning,” notes Mary Kay O’Rourke, PhD, associate professor in the Community, Environment and Policy division.
Manufacturers may look at the effects on adult workers who either apply the pesticides or work in the fields where the pesticide is applied. However, they rarely study the impact on families, such as when adult farm workers inadvertently track pesticide residues into their homes.
Researchers at the College are one of only a handful nationwide examining the cumulative exposure risks that children face. Studies at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health on the exposure of children to pesticides have contributed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s overhaul of its risk models.
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