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12/02/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Naled — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impact

Naled is an organophosphate insecticide most commonly used to eliminate adult flying mosquitoes. This chemical works by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that occurs primarily in cholinergic nerve endings and promotes acetylcholine hydrolysis. Essentially, naled interferes with the transmission of nerve signals. Mosquitoes absorb this chemical through their skin and, as a result, rapidly succumb to […]

08/19/2017 / By Russel Davis

Pesticides sprayed on U.S. cities to fight Zika found to harm motor coordination and neuromuscular systems in children

Naled, a pesticide commonly used in Florida to ward off Zika-carrying mosquitoes, was associated with motor function deficits in Chinese babies, according to a study published in Environment International. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and the U-M Center for Human Growth and Development examined umbilical cord […]

06/12/2017 / By Tracey Watson

BOMBSHELL: Anti-Zika pesticides found to cause neurological damage

While we’ve all been distracted by other issues, the mass Zika hysteria of last summer has quietly been replaced by deafening silence. For months, the mainstream media inundated the American public with terror-inducing articles about how Zika was going to give their unborn children microcephaly, a condition in which the brain does not develop properly, […]

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