Two insecticides a risk for human nervous system: EU

[dipsydoodle]

Source: EU Buisness

(BRUSSELS) - The EU warned Tuesday that two widely used insecticides, one of which has already been implicated in bee population decline, may pose a risk to human health.

The neonicotinoid insecticides acetamiprid and imidacloprid "may affect the developing human nervous system," the European Food Safety Authority said, the first time such a link has been made.

As a result, experts wanted "some guidance levels for acceptable exposure ... to be lowered while further research is carried out to provide more reliable data on developmental neurotoxicity (DNT)."

The EFSA said its opinion was based on recent research and existing data on "the potential of acetamiprid and imidacloprid to damage the developing human nervous system -- in particular the brain."

Read more: http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/health-environment.sa3

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Two insecticides a risk for human nervous system: EU.

The EFSA said its opinion was based on recent research and existing data on "the potential of acetamiprid and imidacloprid to damage the developing human nervous system -- in particular the brain."

The research suggested the two insecticides "may adversely affect the development of neurons and brain structures associated with functions such as learning and memory," the EFSA said in a statement.

"It concluded that some current guidance levels for acceptable exposure ... may not be protective enough to safeguard against developmental neurotoxicity and should be reduced," the EFSA added.

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Earlier this year, the European Union restricted the use of a series of insecticides made by Swiss chemicals giant Syngenta and its German peer Bayer on concerns they were responsible for a catastrophic decline in bee populations

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[DeSwiss]

1. They only found two?

- WTH? All that shit's poison.

K&R

[mountain grammy]

2. Monstano owns the USDA! Once again, corporate greed takes precedence over people.

presidence precedence

[Javaman]

3. Humanity Collapse Disorder.

Nothing is being done regarding the Colony Collapse Disorder for Bees, perhaps, something will be done with this?

I doubt it.

[LiberalEsto]

4. Monsanto and Bayer wage chemical warfare against the entire planet

but profits are the only thing that matters to them

Isn't chemical warfare illegal?

[mike_c]

5. and all these years we've been using Advantage to keep fleas off the kids....

Bummer.

[Berlum]

6. Corporate chemical warfare on the land and the people