Is There a Link Between Household Insecticides and Lupus/Arthritis?

posted October 31, 2009 - 8:12am
Is There a Link Between Household Insecticides and Lupus/Arthritis?

...well according to a research from Philadelphia, there is. It was found that women exposed to insecticides were twice as likely to develop lupus and arthritis than those who had never been around the stuff. The research was based on a prior study of a select number of women aged between 50 and 79 (post-menopausal).


Website: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/household-insecti...
Author: nande
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