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== Call to ban all organophosphate pesticides == A systematic review in PLOS Medicine is calling for a blanket ban of all organophosphate pesticides.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Hertz-Picciotto | first = Irva | last2 = Sass | first2 = Jennifer B. | last3 = Engel | first3 = Stephanie | last4 = Bennett | first4 = Deborah H. | last5 = Bradman | first5 = Asa | last6 = Eskenazi | first6 = Brenda | last7 = Lanphear | first7 = Bruce | last8 = Whyatt | first8 = Robin | date = 2018-10-24 | title = Organophosphate exposures during pregnancy and child neurodevelopment: Recommendations for essential policy reforms|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002671|journal=PLOS Medicine|language=en|volume=15|issue=10| pages = e1002671|doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002671|issn=1549-1676|pmc = 6200179|pmid=30356230}}</ref> The paper says that widespread use of organophosphate pesticides to control insects has resulted in ubiquitous human exposures, and that compelling evidence indicates that prenatal organophosphate exposure at low levels is putting children at risk for cognitive and behavioral deficits and for neurodevelopmental disorders. The authors point out that there is no safe level of exposure to any organophosphate pesticide for pregnant women, whose babies suffer disorders ranging from impaired mental and motor skills and memory loss to autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The paper also describes how high exposures to organophosphate pesticides are responsible for poisonings and deaths, particularly in developing countries. The United Nations estimates that 200,000 people die each year from pesticide poisonings, about 99% of them in the developing world.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/24/entire-pesticide-class-should-be-banned-for-effect-on-childrens-health | title = Ban entire pesticide class to protect children's health, experts say | last = | first = | date = 2018 | work=The Guardian|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=200,000 people still die each year from pesticide poisonings, according to UN estimates, about 99% of them in the developing world. A further 110,000 suicides using pesticides take place each year.}}</ref>
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