A mixed-methods study of pesticide exposures in Breastmilk and Community & Lactating Women's perspectives from Haryana, India

• Main Authors: Rukshan V. Mehta (Author), M. A. Sreenivasa (Author), Mathen Mathew (Author), Amy Webb Girard (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Samriddhi Ranjan (Author), Usha Ramakrishnan (Author), Reynaldo Martorell (Author), P. Barry Ryan (Author), Melissa F. Young (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Population growth which has resulted in a need for increased crop yields to sustain food security, in addition to the effects of climate change, have led to the widespread use of chemical pesticides. The indiscriminate use of pesticides has in turn led to contamination of the env...