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Study links pesticides to cardiovascular disease death

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/well/live/pyrethrin-insecticide-pesticide-he…

A new study from the University of Iowa College of Public Health finds that people who have had greater exposure to pyrethroids--chemicals found in commonly-used pesticides--have a higher likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease. 

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