Long-Term Pesticide Exposure Accelerates Aging and Shortens Lifespan in Fish

Long-term exposure to a common pesticide speeds up aging in fish, study finds

Chronic exposure to small amounts of a pesticide approved for almost a dozen US crops speeds up aging in fish and cuts their lives short, adding to concerns about the chemical’s human health risks, according to a new study. The insecticide chlorpyrifos has been linked to brain damage and brain development issues in children, and a recent study found that people exposed to the chemical for years in California farm communities were more than twice…

Long-term pesticide exposure accelerates aging and shortens lifespan in fish

Long-term exposure to low levels of a common agricultural pesticide can accelerate physiological aging and shorten lifespan in fish—a finding from new research led by University of Notre Dame biologist Jason Rohr with potentially far-reaching implications for environmental regulations and human health.

In fish, low doses of common pesticide speed aging and death

Polluted lakes and lab experiments highlight harms of chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos

Pesticides May Drastically Shorten Fish Lifespans, Study Finds

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Even low levels of common agricultural pesticides can stunt the long-term lifespan of fish, according to research led by Jason Rohr, a biologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Signs of aging accelerated when fish were exposed to the chemicals, according to the study, published in Science, which could have implications for other organisms. [...] The research found that fish from …