The Siren Song of Cicadas : Early-Life Pesticide Exposure and Later-Life Male Mortality

This paper studies the long-term effects of in-utero and early-life exposure to pesticide use on adulthood and old-age longevity. We use the cyclical emergence of cicadas in the eastern half of the United States as a shock that raises the pesticide use among tree crop growing farmlands. We implement...

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Publié dans:Journal of environmental economics and management. - 1984. - 123(2024) vom: 15. Jan.
Auteur principal: Fletcher, Jason (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Noghanibehambari, Hamid
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2024
Accès à la collection:Journal of environmental economics and management
Sujets:Journal Article Agrichemicals Early-Life Exposures Fetal Development Historical Data I18 J18 Longevity Mortality Pesticide plus... Q15 Q18 Q53