Environmental view of Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Environmental view of Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador

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UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science researchers measured concentrations of popular herbicides and the insect repellent DEET in urine samples of adolescents living in the agricultural county of Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador to evaluate their impact on the adolescent brain.

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Briana Chronister, UC San Diego

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