Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. A study of pregnant women living near or working in Costa Rican banana fields shows disturbing levels of the fungicidal component ethylene thiourea (ETU) in the urine samples collected from the women tested. In 72 percent of the 445 women tested, researchers found ETU in urine at levels five times greater than that of the general population. The levels
detected in the urine exceed reference doses —the numbers set by regulatory…
