Insecticide Exposure and Infant Visual Function

Introduction: Fetal and infant brains are rapidly developing, yet the neurodevelopmental effects of early-life exposure to many commonly used insecticides are largely unknown. Here we examined the effects of prenatal insecticide exposure on infant grating visual acuity (VA), an important indicator of visual pathway development. Methods: 15 insecticides and acaricides of various classes were measured in umbilical cord blood plasma from a cohort...