Study says early DDT exposure may set up females for obesity, diabetes

Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

As they reached adulthood, female mice who were exposed in utero and just after birth to the pesticide DDT showed metabolic changes that put them at greater risk for obesity and type-2 diabetes, a new study says.

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