A new study from The University of Toledo suggests early exposure to a common class of insecticides called pyrethroids may increase the risk of autism and other developmental disorders, even at levels ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its policy regarding the type of insecticide used on bed nets to prevent malaria. Against the backdrop of growing resistance of disease-carrying ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its recommendation for malaria-preventing mosquito nets based on new research from the University of Adelaide. Dr Timothy Barker, of the JBI Adelaide ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 7, 2022) Pyrethroid insecticides are associated with the growing worldwide epidemic of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition that causes swelling of the ...

Funding: This work was funded by the World Health Organisation, APW202903809 The funder of the study had a role in the development of the protocol, the wording and development of the review questions, ...

Bed nets infused with the insecticide, chlorfenapyr, have consistently been shown to give better protection from malaria-carrying mosquitoes than any other type of net. The use of chlorfenapyr was ...

Mosquitoes that are extremely resistant to insecticides have been discovered in Cambodia and Vietnam, raising concerns about the implications for controlling infectious diseases. Many of these belong ...