Literature landscape of neurodevelopment and pesticides: A scoping review of methodologies.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides are highly tested and regulated chemicals. There is currently great interest in the role that pesticides may play in childhood neurodevelopment. The objective was to identify and describe the body of evidence and to assess the ability to synthesize effect estimates. The epidemiologic literature from 2011 to 2022 was searched for publications on the association between pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment, behavior, and/or cognition in children. We identified 114 publications, representing 67 unique studies. While organochlorine and other insecticides were the most common classes of pesticides studied, up to 159 different metabolites or active ingredients were reported. Nine pesticides or their metabolites were reported in >10 publications. Similarly, multiple assessment metho

SUBMITTER: Reed JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539886 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature