Clinical effects
health effects:
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muscle twitching and tenderness
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hypersalivation
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mental confusion
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irritability
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severe headaches
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nausea
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depression
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retards physiological development
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affects the central nervous system
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brain damage
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convulsions
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speech difficulties
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severe reduction in motor activities
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uncoordination
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schizophrenic
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serious eye and skin irritation
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rashes
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fever
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stomach problems
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hypothyroidism
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fatigue
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skin, nose, eye, throat bronchi irritation
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diseases caused:
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leukemia
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non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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reticulum cell sarcoma
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prostatic cancer
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multiple myeloma
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stomach cancer
Highest risk:
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infants
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young children
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fetus
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pregnant woman
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agricultural workers
bioaccumulation: stays in children and parents giving abnormal birth/growth
to new born child.
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