Research Check: will using lice products give my children behavioural problems?
- Written by Ian Rae, Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
Pyrethroids can be found in some head-lice products.from shutterstock.comReports of a French study claimed last week that exposure to certain insecticides during pregnancy were linked to “abnormal behaviour” in children.
Called pyrethroids, these chemicals are present in some common treatments for dog ticks and head lice. The Daily Mail...
