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Bifenthrin exposure can increase risk and frequency of inflammatory responses, diseases
May 8th, 2006
Exposure to bifenthrin can increase the risk for and frequency of inflammatory responses and diseases such as asthma. "Here, we addressed the concern that, despite the lack of overt toxicity, exposure to low levels of the common household pyrethroid pesticide, bifenthrin, could cause harm to the immune system. To do this, we measured the effect of bifenthrin on phytohemagglutinin (PHA) activation of homotypic aggregation in human T-cell lines," scientists writing in the journal Medical Science Monitor reported. "The human CD4+ H9, and jurkat cell lines and the human promonocyte U937 cell line, were exposed to varying concentrations of...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-05-08)
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