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Inside Climate News highlights new research on disparities in pregnancy pesticide exposure and features Columbia’s Virginia Rauh, whose decades of work link findings in California to New York.

At the forefront of this emerging “science of health” are several faculty members who have spent years investigating the biological factors that allow our bodies to function smoothly.

Prenatal exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos is linked to lasting brain changes in children ages 6–14, including impaired motor skills and metabolism, researchers report.