Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. According to a Yale University study, prenatal exposure to the widely used agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos is linked to tremors – involuntary contraction or twitching of muscles – in childhood. Chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum chlorinated organophosphate insecticide also known as Dursban, may also affect the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and is acutely toxic to bees, birds, mammals, and aquatic life.
The study, titled Prenatal exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos and childhood tremor
