Zika, microcephaly, and pesticides: half-truths, hysteria, and vested interests

The Ecologist
Feb 26, 2016, 4:56 am32 pts
Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers…

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