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When the dinner menu includes endangered species, human nutritional needs must contend with efforts to manage wildlife resources, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Researchers estimate that a loss of access to bushmeat as a source of food would lead to a 29 percent jump in the number of children suffering from anemia.
Tag: child health
Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children
April 20, 2011:
A new UC Berkeley study has found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides – widely used on food crops – is related to lower intelligence scores in children. Every tenfold increase in measures of organophosphates detected during a mother’s pregnancy corresponded to a 5.5 point drop in overall IQ scores in children at age 7, the researchers found.
Pies honored as maternal and child health ‘champion’
February 2, 2011:
Cheri Pies, clinical professor at the Berkeley’s School of Public Health, has been named a “champion” in the field of maternal and child health by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
