Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 10/21/2009 - 22:00

(King's College London) A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts.

The study was carried out by Dr. Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London together with scientists from Tongde Hospital Zhejiang Province.


 

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