Dicofol

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Dicofol: - A pesticide used on citrus fruits.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Dicofol::

Pesticide link to autism suspected  -  Jul 30, 2007
Newsday,Only dicofol and endosulfan remain. The autism rate was highest for children of those mothers who lived the closest to the fields and it declined as the

California study draws possible link between pesticides, autism  -  Aug 18, 2007
North County Times,Since the years examined in the study, insects built up a resistance to two chemicals, endosulfan and dicofol, and many farmers stopped using them.

State finds autism-pesticide link  -  Jul 31, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Organochlorines include endosulfan and dicofol, two pesticides whose use, primarily on cotton crops, has declined "dramatically" in the past few years in

Study on autism in valley worrying  -  Jul 30, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),The study found that mothers who lived near places with the pesticides endosulfan and dicofol during their first trimesters were more likely to have

Here is the latest San Joaquin Valley news from The Associated  -  Jul 31, 2007
KGET 17,The study by the state is the first to imply a connection between autism and pesticides -- specifically dicofol and endosulfan. Officials point out that the

Study: Link Between Autism and Pesticides?  -  Jul 30, 2007
News10.net,Dicofol, 2, 4-D, heptachlor, endosulfan, chlordane, mirex and pentachlorophenol are some commonly used organochlorine insecticides.

Study Finds Possible Link Between Pesticides, Autism  -  Jul 30, 2007
NBC Sandiego.com,Researchers studied women who lived near fields that had been sprayed with the pesticides endosulfan and dicofol early on in their pregnancy.

Taiwan rejects Vietnam’s tea imports?  -  Aug 1, 2007
Vietnam Economic Times,CNA quoted Cheng Hui-wen, Director General of FSB as saying that the batch of green tea discovered on July 27 contained the residues of dicofol with the

Autism and insecticide  -  Aug 2, 2007
Ars Technica,In the end, the sample ended up rather small, however, the researchers were able to establish that the use of two insecticides (endosulfan and dicofol) were




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