New Research in Spain
A large study in Spain of the impacts of prenatal exposure to organochlorine.
27.11.2006
|Sascha Gabizon
A large study in Spain of the impacts of prenatal exposure to organochlorine, exachlorobenzene, finds that children with higher levels of HCB are less competent ocially and more at risk to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Measurements of contamination were obtained at birth and examined in relation to behaviors at the age of 4 years. Exposures were for people living in an area where HCB exposure was elevated because of proximity to an electrochemical factory. Environmental Health Perspectives.
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