The epidemic of hyperactive children in the U.S. and the rest of the world can be caused by pesticides (organophosphates), widely used in Europe and in Italy as insecticides and herbicides. Ajmone (psychologist, an expert on ADHD): "The National Institute of Health knew and did not intervene, the first time we have raised this issue was in 2006." Roberti Sarsina (Director of Psychiatry): "We need sustainable supply of the child, just snacks and artificial coloring." Poma (Hands off the children): "We adults cause these syndromes for children, and then pretend to treat them with drugs"
Harvard (USA) - Published in the USA known magazine scientific Pediatrics sull'intossicazione a new search Pesticide linked to hyperactivity of children, as researchers have located traces of pesticides in the urine of children has been identified as those with higher levels of trace amounts of polyphosphates are almost twice as likely to develop ADHD (the syndrome of children and distracted too excited, note) than those with normal levels of contamination. "There is a growing concern about the fact that these insecticides can be directly correlated with ADHD - told Reuters news agency Dr. Marc Weisskopf, Harvard School of Public Health, who worked on the study - and what this research has shown clear evidence - added Weisskopf - is that all this is true even at lower concentrations. Organophosphates were originally developed for chemical warfare, and later widely used in agriculture, despite the suspicions of toxicity to the nervous system. Weisskopf noted that the presence of these chemicals in food could lead to some of the most common behavioral symptoms of ADHD, such as excessive impulsivity, in large swathes of the child population, approximately 10% of U.S. children . "We have always been of opinion, facts and now we are giving reason - said Dr. Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, Director of Psychiatry all'AUSL of Bologna - which mainly in ADHD but also in other disorders such as autism, are involved in the phenomena of intoxication and poisoning: individuals who are constitutionally more vulnerable, are overexposed to these factors, the same is true for a variety of artificial colors that are the most common candy and snacks. In the future will see the light more and more research in this field, which confirm the need for food "sustainability" of the child and also of women from early pregnancy. "
An effective method to solve the problem - say experts - would the so-called "differential diagnosis, a diagnostic procedure that allows you to identify the true root cause of behavior problems by distinguishing the source of environmental problems than psychiatric. But a method that involves the use of resources often not available in ASL. "It 's sensational - said Prof. Claudio Ajmone, psychologist and expert on ADHD - it was 2006, the first time that we put forward at the Higher Institute of Health and the Agency of Medicines a well-reasoned request, to enter a serious differential diagnosis in diagnostic and therapeutic protocols for ADHD. The ISS provides protocols in their differential diagnosis only few diseases, among them such as these pesticides are not included. If we cancel out the cases of ADHD being treated with psychotropic drugs in all cases, the discomfort and behavioral result of other causes, such as pesticides, dyes, or food, what is ADHD? Only a great business for multinational pharmaceutical companies. We're not helping these children, we are harming "
Luca Poma, a journalist and spokesman for Hands off the Kids ®, the most representative pediatric pharmacovigilance committee in Italy ( www.giulemanidaibambini.org) concludes: "ADHD is the daughter of our society: we adults caused this syndrome to our children, compounded with our neglect of environmental risk factors, and then pretend to "fix" administering powerful drugs and methamphetamine that expose them to serious risks to their health. I now call the Institute of Health for a serious protocol for full differential diagnosis is applied to all Italian children treated for behavioral problems. "
To download the abstracts of scientific research in Pediatrics: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2009-3058v 1
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