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Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA).
(Research: Children´s health, 2014-12)
Background: Mancozeb and its main metabolite ethylene thiourea (ETU) may alter thyroid
function; thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development. In Costa Rica, mancozeb is
aerially sprayed at large-scale ...
Noticias Centroamericanas: Volumen #12
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2015-04-17)
En Costa Rica, el fungicida mancozeb se aplica por vía área y de manera semanal en plantaciones de banano a gran escala (Figura 1). La toxicidad aguda del mancozeb y su principal metabolito, el etilentiourea (ETU), es baja ...
Pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment in children age 6-9 years from Talamanca, Costa Rica.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016-09-05)
Certain pesticides may affect children's neurodevelopment. We assessed whether pesticide
exposure was associated with impaired neurobehavioral outcomes in children aged 6e9
years.
We conducted a cross-sectional study ...
Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations
(Elsevier, 2012)
The US Environmental Protection Agency voluntary phased-out residential use of chlorpyrifos in 2001. In contrast, in Costa Rica, chlorpyrifos-treated bags are increasingly used to protect
banana and plantain fruits from ...