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Maternal residential pesticide use and risk of childhoodleukemia in Costa Rica
(Wiley-Liss Inc., 2018-04-15)
Evidence suggests that early-life exposure to pesticides inside the home may be associated with childhood leukemia, howeverdata from Latin American countries are limited. We examined whether self-reported maternal residential ...
Caesarean delivery and risk of childhood leukaemia: a pooled analysis from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)
(The Lancet, 2016-04-07)
Results from case-control studies have shown an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in young children born by caesarean delivery, and prelabour caesarean delivery in particular; however, an association ...
Informal employment and health status in Central America
(Springer Nature, 2015-07-24)
Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a ...
Prenatal pesticide exposure and respiratory health outcomes in the first year of life: Results from the infants’ Environmental Health (ISA) study
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-01-29)
Background: Growing evidence suggests that pesticide exposure may influence respiratory health, but data in young children are very limited. We examined the association of prenatal pesticide exposure with lower respiratory ...
Pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment in children age 6-9 years from Talamanca, Costa Rica.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016-09-05)
Certain pesticides may affect children's neurodevelopment. We assessed whether pesticide
exposure was associated with impaired neurobehavioral outcomes in children aged 6e9
years.
We conducted a cross-sectional study ...
Manganese concentrations in drinking water from villages near banana plantations with aerial mancozeb spraying in Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Elsevier, 2016-03)
Elevated manganese (Mn) in drinking water has been reported worldwide. While, naturally occurring
Mn in groundwater is generally the major source, anthropogenic contamination by Mn-containing
fungicides such as mancozeb ...
Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations
(Elsevier, 2012)
The US Environmental Protection Agency voluntary phased-out residential use of chlorpyrifos in 2001. In contrast, in Costa Rica, chlorpyrifos-treated bags are increasingly used to protect
banana and plantain fruits from ...
Pesticide use in banana and plantain production and risk perception among local actors in Talamanca, Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2011-07)
The Talamanca County in Costa Rica has large-scale banana and small-scale plantain production,
probably causing pesticide exposure in indigenous children. We explored to what extent different
community actors are aware ...
Blood and hair manganese concentrations in pregnant women from the infants' environmental health study (ISA) in Costa Rica
(American Chemical Society, 2014-03)
Manganese (Mn), an essential nutrient, is a neurotoxicant at high concentrations. We measured Mn concentrations in
repeated blood and hair samples collected from 449 pregnant women
living near banana plantations with ...
Who is where in the Plastisphere, and why does it matter?
(Wiley Periodicals, 2020-04-24)
To fully understand how plastic is affecting the ocean, we need to understand how
marine life interacts directly with it. Besides their ecological relevance, microbes
can affect the distribution, degradation and transfer ...