Residential proximity to agricultural pesticide use and risk-taking behaviors in young adults from the CHAMACOS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal pesticide exposure has been associated with poorer neurodevelopment during childhood, which could lead to greater risk-taking behaviors and delinquency in adolescence. This association may be augmented by adversity exposure.

Objectives

Evaluate the relationship between prenatal pesticide exposure and risk-taking behavior in young adults at 18-years of age. Assess whether adversity exposure modifies these associations.

Methods

Participants included mother-child dyads (n = 467) enrolled in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children Of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study, a longitudinal birth cohort set in the agricultural Salinas Valley of California. We estimated agricultural pesticide use within one km of maternal residences during pregnancy

SUBMITTER: Gunier RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10535360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature