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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It has nothing to do with Zika.

That's the case the author was making as well

They began adding a pesticide called pyriproxyfen to the water supply in Brazil

Aha. Now that does seem like the most plausible explanation, and the author didn't seem to make that connection. Thanks for the info

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Aha. Now that does seem like the most plausible explanation, and the author didn't seem to make that connection. Thanks for the info

On the other hand the city with the most microcephaly was Recife, where they didn't use pyriproxyfen but instead used bti, a bacteria.