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"CHICAGO -- A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables. While the study couldn't prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive. "I would take it quite seriously," said Virginia Rauh of Columbia University, who has studied prenatal exposure to pesticides and wasn't involved in the new study. "

Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/17/486611/research-links-pesticides-with.html#ixzz0oBt40m42

"Billy, eat your peas!"
"But Maw, it'll give me the ADHD!"
"SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR GODDAMN PEAS!"

5/17/2010 8:52:32 AM

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"the study couldn't prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems"

next.

5/17/2010 8:55:46 AM

5/17/2010 9:01:38 AM

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"The exact causes behind the children's reported ADHD though are unclear. Any number of factors could have caused the symptoms and the link with pesticides could be by chance. "

seriously?

even on TWW people constantly point out that correlation =/= causation

5/17/2010 9:10:29 AM

But scientists said it so it must be true!!

5/17/2010 9:13:23 AM

There's more than correlation here; pesticides are already KNOWN to affect child development.

5/17/2010 9:16:08 AM

do you guys realize you are reading a shitty news article that describes the study and not the study report itself?

congratulations

you poked holes in a news story

it's not hard

5/17/2010 9:16:28 AM

They're trying to take the heat off that 'special person' who came out of their area a few years ago.

5/17/2010 9:16:55 AM

Personally I don't know why people would willfully put pesticides in their bodies, but I also grow a lot of my own produce

5/17/2010 9:17:39 AM

everything is blamed for ADHD - video games, tv, interwebs, high fructose corn syrup, thetans

personally, i think the rise in ADHD is due to a severe and pervasive ackrite deficiency which could likely be mitigated by frequent application of a backhand

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 9:28 AM. Reason : forgot what i was typing]

5/17/2010 9:27:38 AM

Well, I guess it's time to stop marinating my steaks in pesticide.

5/17/2010 9:35:36 AM

5/17/2010 10:18:08 AM

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"i think the rise in ADHD is due to a severe and pervasive ackrite deficiency which could likely be mitigated by frequent application of a backhand "

QFT

5/17/2010 10:20:43 AM

^^haha that's good

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ']

5/17/2010 10:20:56 AM

God wins

5/17/2010 10:23:29 AM

this just in

everything causes ADHD

5/17/2010 10:23:55 AM

<--- actually has ADHD, by the way.

5/17/2010 10:24:29 AM

bunch of bullshit

5/17/2010 11:14:09 AM

ADHD is real, but it's not a disease.
Also... Ritalin and Adderall work, but they're not medicines.

5/17/2010 11:22:16 AM