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Pesticides cause lead contamination among pregnant women: study [1]

Unplanned use of pesticides and herbicides in crops is one of the key reasons for presence of higher level of lead in blood among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, a study revealed.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2014
Financial Express (Bangladesh) [2]
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins [3], Bangladesh [4], Lead [5], Women [6], Health Effects [7], Health [8], Herbicide [9], Agriculture [10], South Asia [11]

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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/herbicide
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