Pesticide Exposure and Congenital Anomaly

Abstract

A congenital anomaly is one of the leading causes of new infant dead with elucidating the pathophysiology still in progress. One of the interesting is the parent pesticide exposure, whether mother or father, is related to the increased infant mortality rate. There are four putative mechanisms; Endocrine Disruption, Neurodevelopmental toxicity, immune toxicity, and epigenetic.