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• Aerial Pesticide Spraying Linked To Autism

  

  Autism in children may be driven, in part, by aerial spraying of pesticides. How serious is the problem?(Photo : Esi Grünhagen | Pixabay) Aerial spraying of pesticides meant to kill mosquitoes could be driving up rates of autism in children, according to new research. Such activities may also result in developmental delays in the young people, the study concludes. Pyrethroid pesticides are sprayed into the air each summer over a swamp-filled region of central New York. The activity is meant to..

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• YMCA Healthy Kids Day aims to keep children fit - Wilkes Barre Times

  

  Mike Galaida, of Hanover Township, lifts his grandson, Braxston Nealon, 3, so he can do his pull ups during Saturday's Healthy Kids Day at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader. Jordan Reyes, 4, of Wilkes-Barre, gets a little help ...

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• Scientists find a gene that makes you look older than you really are

  

  By Sara G. Miller April 30 at 9:00 AM If you look a little older than your age, your DNA may be to blame. People who carried a specific gene looked two years older, on average, than those who did not carry this gene, according to a study published last week in Current Biology. This is the first time that “a gene has been found that explains, in part, why some people look older and others younger for their age,” Manfred Kayser, a senior author on the study, said in a statement. Genetics and l..

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