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Pesticide Exposure Could Increase Disease Risk For The Next 20 Generations


Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our germline for generations.

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Scuentists discovered a Utah family that has been having twice as many boys as girls for seven generations. It is the first clear evidence that humans might have ‘selfish genes’ that distort the sex ratio of offspring from roughly 50:50.