Beyond the Border Resource #3

Resource #: 3
Title: Pesticide effect on Preschool Children in Mexico
URL: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_244/ai_111271864
Author: Jule Klotter
Notes: This article presents a study that was conducted in Mexico in 1998 about the effect of pesticides on the growth of young children. It studied two groups of people with similar genetics and cultures; one living on the Yaqui Hills and one living in Yaqui Valley. All the farming (and heavy pesticide use) took place in the valley. They also used household insecticides in the valley. There were traces of pesticides in breastmilk in the valley. The researchers found no physical differences in growth but did find many startling differences.