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Pesticide exposure linked to loss of smell
Apr 5, 2019, 16:09 PM
by
Ann Gregson
A recent study by Michigan State University has linked farmers’
loss of smell to pesticide exposure.
Lead author and professor of epidemiology Honglei Chen tells Brownfield he studied more than 11,000 farmers in Iowa and North Carolina over a 20-year period. Sixteen percent of participants experienced a high-risk pesticide event in the mid-90’s.
“Those that had reported had about a 50 percent likelihood to report a poor sense of smell. Some good habits like immediate washing with soap and water may mitigate the elevated risk.”
Chen says a poor sense of smell is an early symptom of
Parkinson’s and dementia.
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