Health effects of pesticide mixtures: Unexpected insights from t...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Fri, 02/15/2008 - 23:00

In his research, NOAA scientist Nat Scholz examines how pesticides that run off the land and mix in rivers and streams combine to have a greater than expected toxic effect on the salmon nervous system.

These pesticides are widely used in the United States and their occurrence as mixtures in the food supply for humans may also pose an unexpected risk for people.

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