[lbo-talk] pesticides are bad for kids

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Mon May 17 09:14:37 PDT 2010


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> It is quite possible that people  who are more likely to be diagnosed with
> ADHD (mostly lower socio economic strata) also are more likely to be exposed
> to pesticides (as they cannot afford more expensive organic food,)  which
> may produce statistical correlations but not necessarily causality.

Do you think it's likely they haven't taken that into account? I've gotten accustomed finding out that the authors and/or reviewers think of these things, too.

-- Andy



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