Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered ...
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Easy nutrition tweak could transform your sleep — starting this evening

People who eat more fruits and vegetables may experience better sleep quality, according to a new study — and the benefits could occur overnight. Researchers from Columbia University and the ...
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Shaheen, N., Irfan, N.M., Khan, I.N., Islam, S., Islam, M.S. and Ahmed, M.K. (2016) Presence of Heavy Metals in Fruits and Vegetables: Health Risk Implications in Bangladesh ...

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic activities introduce heavy metals (HMs) into soils which can be absorbed by plants. We, in the present study, determined the concentration of four priority HMs (Cu, Pb, Cd and ...
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Comparative Chemical Space Analysis of Pesticides and Substances with Genotoxicity Data

Department of Pesticides Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany Vienna Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, ...