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Pesticide exposure link to ME/CFS
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==== Organochlorines ==== Another class of pesticides called organochlorines (which includes DDT and dieldrin) have also been linked to ME/CFS.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Dunstan | first = R. H. | last2 = Donohoe | first2 = M. | last3 = Taylor | first3 = W. | last4 = Roberts | first4 = T.K. | last5 = Murdoch | first5 = R.N. | last6 = Watkins | first6 = J.A. | last7 = McGregor | first7 = N.R. | date = 1995-09-18 | title = A preliminary investigation of chlorinated hydrocarbons and chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7565234|journal=The Medical Journal of Australia|volume=163|issue=6|pages=294β297|issn=0025-729X|pmid=7565234}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Dunstan | first = R. H. | last2 = Roberts | first2 = T.K. | last3 = Donohoe | first3 = M. | last4 = McGregor | first4 = N.R. | last5 = Hope | first5 = D. | last6 = Taylor | first6 = W.G. | last7 = Watkins | first7 = J.A. | last8 = Murdoch | first8 = R.N. | last9 = Butt | first9 = H.L. | date=Jun 1996 | title = Bioaccumulated chlorinated hydrocarbons and red/white blood cell parameters|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8809349|journal=Biochemical and Molecular Medicine|volume=58|issue=1 | pages = 77β84|issn=1077-3150|pmid=8809349|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date= | authorlink3 = | authorlink4 = Neil McGregor | author-link5 = |via= | authorlink9 = Henry Butt}}</ref> However most organochlorines were banned in the 1980s, with some exceptions such as dicofol which is banned in Europe but still used on cotton and fruit crops in the US, and DDT which is still used for malaria control in Africa and parts of Asia.
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