In a recent study in the journal Pediatrics reports that kids with high levels of pesticide residue in their urine were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as children who showed no traces of the poison.
The lead author Maryse F. Bouchard, a researcher at the university of Montreal in Quebec states that this doubling is significant. Pesticides prey onthe nervous system. Boucher studied organophosphate pesticides, which work by interfering with the nervous systems of insects, but also have a similar effects in mammals.
The test for pesticide levels can be done at the Lee Clinic. The test is a urine test so can be easily administered to children.
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