Issues about the findings in the Silver et al. (2017) publication regarding Naled

Are Adult Mosquito Control Products (Adulticides) Harmful? A Review of the Potential Human Health Impacts from Exposure to Naled and Dichlorvos (DDVP)

“…Female children were also found to be more sensitive to these effects [23]. However, followup studies that attempted to replicate the results from Silver, Shao, Zhu, Chen, Xia, Kaciroti, Lozoff and Meeker [23] were not successful, and a conclusion was made that naled may have been misidentified in the initial study [34,41].…”

“…The articles returned by Scopus include [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][42][43][44][45][46][47]. The studies that focused on naled include [23,27,29,34,37,41,46,47].…”

“…The studies that focused on dichlorvos or DDVP include [20][21][22][24][25][26]28,[30][31][32][33][35][36][37][38][39][40][42][43][44][45]. The studies that took place in the United States are [20,[25][26][27][28][29][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][45][46][47].…”

“…The studies that involve pesticide residue in agricultural soil include [43] and in agricultural products [21][22][23][24]30,34,41,44].…”

“…The studies that involve agricultural operations, where the application rate was unclear or undetermined-whether that involves direct exposure from pesticide applicators (who belong in the occupational exposure and risk group), via consumption of food, or inhalation-have mixed results. Furthermore, one study [41] attempted to reproduce the results of a prior study showing an association between naled exposure and infant motor function [23] and discovered potential misidentification errors. Therefore, based on the published peer-reviewed literature, the health risks associated with naled or DDVP exposure are minimal or non-existent to human populations stemming from ULV mosquito control applications.…”