Study Links ADHD in Children to Pesticide Exposure

No, the increase in ADHD over the past decade or so isn't just your imagination. It might even be linked to the food we eat everyday. A recent study in the journal Pediatrics claims that children with high levels of exposure to a group of pesticides called organophosphates are nearly twice as likely to end up with ADHD as kids with minimal levels of the pesticides in their urine.

Reuters that researchers analyzed the urine of 1,139 children between the ages of 8 and 15. The kids...