Revisiting pesticide exposure and children's health: Focus on China

China is now becoming the largest consumer of pesticides worldwide. In recent years, there has been a heightened public awareness of pesticides and children's health in North America and around the world. Human epidemiological studies have examined the relationship of pesticide exposures with c...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2014-02, Vol.472, p.289-295
Main Authors: Ding, Guodong, Bao, Yixiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children
China
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data
Environmental Policy
Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Epidemiology
General aspects
Health
Health Policy
Health Status
Humans
Medical sciences
Methodology
Organophosphate
Pesticide
Pesticides
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Pyrethroid
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Summary:China is now becoming the largest consumer of pesticides worldwide. In recent years, there has been a heightened public awareness of pesticides and children's health in North America and around the world. Human epidemiological studies have examined the relationship of pesticide exposures with children's health such as neurodevelopment and cancer, and they reported less consistent results. With regard to this topic, however, China is still in the early stages of cross-sectional or case–control design, and few data have been available. Furthermore, we have discussed several important limitations such as study design, exposure measurement, and developmental assessment from current literature, which should be interpreted with caution. We also presented the vulnerability and source of children's exposure to pesticides. •Pesticides are widely used in China and around the world.•There is an increasing public awareness of pesticides and child health globally.•China is still in the early stages and few epidemiological data are available.•We have addressed some limitations and incompletenesses from current literature.•These deficiencies should be interpreted with caution in future studies.
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.067