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Should a Study on Pesticides Affect Our Use of Them?
Recent research, which found a link between pyrethroids and deaths from heart disease, highlights the limitations of epidemiological research.
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Association Between Exposure to Pyrethroid Insecticides and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the General US Adult Population
In this nationally representative sample of US adults, environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides was associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovasc …
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