{"id":5289,"date":"2007-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5289"},"modified":"2007-09-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-20T00:00:00","slug":"pesticide-exposure-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/pesticide-exposure-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pesticide Exposure Linked to Asthma Among Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/wp\/images\/pesticide-safety.jpg' border='0' align='right' alt='pesticide safety'><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/healthNews\/idUKCOL76062320070917'>Reuters UK<\/a> reports that exposure to common pesticides appears to increase the risk of asthma.<\/p>\n<p>According to a study at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina, a history of high pesticide exposure among farmers doubles the risk of asthma.<\/p>\n<p>Lead researcher Dr. Jane A. Hoppin says, &#8216;Better education and training of farmers and pesticide handlers may help to reduce asthma risk.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Protective gear such as <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/masks.asp'>masks<\/a> may also help reduce the risk.<\/p>\n<p>The <acronym title='Center for Disease Control and Prevention'>CDC<\/acronym> points out that pesticides can enter the body through the skin, eyes, mouth, and lungs. The <acronym title='Center for Disease Control and Prevention'>CDC<\/acronym> recommends that mixers, loaders, and applicators of pesticides wear protecting clothing including coveralls, apron, broad-rimmed waterproof hat, boots, rubber gloves, googles or faces shields, and <a href='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/masks.asp'>respirator masks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters UK reports that exposure to common pesticides appears to increase the risk of asthma. According to a study at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina, a history of high pesticide exposure among farmers doubles the&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}