Barbara Eskanazi

Barbara Eskanazi interviewed on DDT

tlambert | June 11, 2009

Seed Magazine has interviewed epidemiologist Barbara Eskanazi about her survey article on the effects of DDT on human health: SEED: What kinds of long-term health problems can we expect? BE: I don't really know. I can't predict, but I can say that if the studies that I read hold true we may see higher rates of diabetes; we may see higher rates of breast cancer; we may see higher rates of male infertility. We may see poor neurodevelopment in children. We may also see more spontaneous abortions. ... SEED: How do we balance the malaria-fighting benefits of DDT with this information about long…

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