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Exposure to Pesticides and Your Health

Exposure to Pesticides and Your Health

Update: 2025-06-16
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If you are a regular listener, you have heard of neonicotinoids, a class of neurotoxins used on food crops all over the state and country. And it turns out, neonics are hurting a lot more than pollinators - like fish, birds, small mammals and potentially people.

On this episode, what we know about the impacts of neonic pesticides on our bodies and how to limit exposure.

Host: Amy Barrilleaux

Guest: Kayla Rinderknecht, Population Health Fellow, Clean Wisconsin

Resources for You:

Episode 43: The hidden pesticides that could be lurking in your pollinator garden

Episode 33: Wisconsin’s bees are acting weird. Here’s why.

Neonicotinoids and their Impact

Episode 23 Neurotixins on Our Plates

Neonicotinoids and Human Health

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