Source: Jane E. Brody, NY TIMES, 8/10/20


With summer here and more people choosing to escape their coronavirus prisons into yards, parks, woods and streets, a recent study suggests yet another potential health risk, albeit one far less concerning than the virus: exposure to pyrethroids, a major group of insecticides widely used to protect against everything from malaria parasites and West Nile virus to bed bugs and ticks, as well as a host of agricultural and garden pests. 

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