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| healthline.com |
Recent pesticide research related to the Environment and Reproductive Health Study (EARTH) was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Oct 30, 2017. Scientists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Yu-Han Chiu and Jorge Chavarro, MD) evaluated pesticide exposure from the dietary fruit and vegetable intake of 325 women in fertility treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Study results found that men and women who ate more than two servings daily of fruits or vegetables with high pesticide content were 26% less likely to have a live birth than those with the lowest pesticide exposure. The data did not show any pesticide association with fertilization or embryo implantation concerns but did associate with an increased risk of miscarriages early in pregnancy.
Study results found that men and women who ate more than two servings daily of fruits or vegetables with high pesticide content were 26% less likely to have a live birth than those with the lowest pesticide exposure. The data did not show any pesticide association with fertilization or embryo implantation concerns but did associate with an increased risk of miscarriages early in pregnancy.
