Not just children affected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphate

they're still allowed to be sprayed agriculturally inside the US.

At least that will be the talking-point the "flack ferrets" (apologies to actual ferrets) will be dispatched with...

Farm belt told me observed what appeared to be clusters of autism along the coastal plains where farming was abundant.

I was think ing the same thing but i didn't want to be a conspiracy theorists. I also think it makes my allergies worse. Every spring my face swells up. ( that is my other ct)

sometimes follow the package instructions but many do not. Your neighborhood could have a higher concentration of these chemicals than living next to a farm!

I'm in an area where very few people seem to even bother with backyard gardens, and almost no one even uses any sort of 'lawn service' that applies chemicals (or even fertilizer - we tend to let our lawns go brown if that's the way the weather goes.)

Reminds me, I need to pull ye old electric toro out tonight and mow the lawns. I let them go a while longer than usual to give what few bees remain more time with the white clover that's all over the place.