Many pesticides used in EU may damage brain growth in the very young, study finds

"Toxicity to the brain is not routinely included in testing pesticides," said Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Southern Denmark. "Because many of them are by design toxic to the brain of insects, it is very likely that they are also toxic to human brains," he said of a review of almost 200 scientific reports worldwide about the brain and pesticides.  Studies using model compounds suggest that many pesticides currently used in Europe can cause neuro-developmental toxicity, Grandjean and two colleagues in Denmark wrote in the journal Environmental Health. Full story: Reuters