Exposure To Insecticide May Play Role In Obesity Epidemic Among Some Women

Excusinators gone wild. Again.

"Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women, according to a new study involving several Michigan State University researchers...

Though DDT was banned in 1973 after three decades of widespread use, the chemical and its byproducts remain toxic in marine life and fatty fish. The study was funded by a $300,000 grant from the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry."

Better known as FATS and Disease Registry.

"Osuch said the study's findings can have a huge impact on how researchers treat - and seek to prevent - obesity. The research team has been awarded a $1 million grant from the same federal agency, the ATSDR, to assess the impact of pollutants and toxins on a wide variety of disorders by determining the importance of second- and third-generation health effects."

It might have an impact for imbecile researchers who will get money from even more imbecilic granting agencies, but as far as treating and preventing obesity, it won't make any difference at all.

"'This line of research can transform how we think about the causes of obesity and potentially help us create prenatal tests to show which offspring are at higher risks,' she said."

Osuch a stupid idea "can transform how we think about the causes of obesity" from wrong to wronger.