# Leading researchers call for a ban on widely used insecticides

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**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/leading-researchers-call-for-a-ban-on-widely-used-insecticides/1072 "2018-11-20T21:35:57Z")\
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> **[Leading researchers call for a ban on widely used insecticides: Use of...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109101508.htm)**
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> Public health experts have found there is sufficient evidence that prenatal exposure to widely used insecticides known as organophosphates puts children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.

  
Public health experts have found there is sufficient evidence that prenatal exposure to widely used insecticides known as organophosphates puts children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.