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Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers’ children

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When Azul was five, doctors finally figured out the little girl had asthma. That’s become a big problem among children of farm workers, says Dr. Catherine Karr of the University of Washington. 

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New study links ADHD to pesticide exposure

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