“Attention, Definitely”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100824/hl_nm/us_pesticides_attention;_ylt=ArFOX7kY8blCQNF8TVgM_s22GL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTNjcmVvZDczBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwODI0L3VzX3Blc3RpY2lkZXNfYXR0ZW50aW9uBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3N0dWR5bGlua3NwZQ--

A UC, Berkeley research study has shown that children whose mothers were exposed to certain pesticides while pregnant were more likely to have ADHD. Meanwhile, most insects that were exposed to those same pesticides died.

Insects who survived those same pesticides also did poorly on standardized academic tests.

The researchers tried just interviewing the women who had been exposed to the pesticides while pregnant, but they kept stopping and wandering off.

The ADHD study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, where readers will get bored and stop reading halfway through.

In the United States, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder affects about one out of… hey, look at that guy’s hat.