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The TV personality, 34, is preparing to launch a collaboration with the brand, which is set to be announced in the coming days.

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: The insecticide chlorpyrifos is a powerful tool for controlling various pests, making it one of the most widely used pesticides during the latter half of the 20th century. Like many pesticides, however, chlorpyrifos lacks precision. In addition to harming non-target insects like bees, it has also been linked to health risks for much larger animals -- including us. Now, a new US study suggests those risks may begin before birth. Humans exposed to chlorpyrifos prenatally are more likely to exhibit structural brain abnormalities and reduced motor functions in childhood and adolescence. Progressively higher prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos was associated with incrementally greater deviations in brain structure, function, and metabolism in children and teens, the researchers found, along with poorer measures of motor speed and motor programming. [...] This supports previous research linking chlorpyrifos with impaired cognitive function and brain development, but these findings are the first evidence of widespread and long-lasting molecular, cellular, and metabolic effects in the brain. "The disturbances in brain tissue and metabolism that we observed with prenatal exposure to this one pesticide were remarkably widespread throughout the brain," says first author Bradley Peterson, a developmental neuroscientist at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine. Senior author Virginia Rauh added: "It is vitally important that we continue to monitor the levels of exposure in potentially vulnerable populations, especially in pregnant women in agricultural communities, as their infants continue to be at risk." The report notes that the EPA banned residential use of chlorpyrifos in 2001 but the pesticide is still used in agriculture around the world. The findings have been published in the journal JAMA Neurology.

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Leo Mountain, a North West Region boxing champion from Morecambe, had been out drinking with friends over the Easter bank holiday before the tragic crash on April 20.

The collection - giving detail of the five landing beaches codenamed Utah , Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword during the 1944 invasion - was first bought for just £10.

The TV personality, 45, rose to fame after she won the third series of Big Brother back in 2002.

The package was initially believed to be suspicious

Even Jacob Rees-Mogg must realise it was a faintly ridiculous scenario.

Gemma Weeks, 28, was unable to stop taking the class B drug despite the harm and pain it caused to her bladder. An inquest heard she had been taking the drug for ten years.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to hit Essex throughout the day.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to hit Essex throughout the day.

Board calls move a mutual decision but offers no details on what went wrong

The GNOME Foundation is once again hunting for a new boss after executive director Steven Deobald departed less than four months into the role, a move the board described as mutual.…

Lorraine Stanley looked radiant as she gave fans a glimpse into her picture-perfect country wedding to her long-term partner Mark Perez.

The beautician, from Dudley, appears to be flogging jabs and teeth whitening treatments online while boasting of his lavish lifestyle on the Cape Verde island of Boa Vista.

Tributes have poured in for Robbie Conington, 30, who died after getting into difficulties when he took an evening dip in Benidorm with two friends late last Friday.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has been accused of dehumanising Jewish people after welcoming Israeli fans on stage as 'equal humans of Earth'.

A 19-year-old trapeze artist fell 30 feet after losing her balance on a tightrope during a performance in southern Colombia.

He sadly died at the scene

Damage to buildings and train delays are 'likely', The Met Office has warned

Following a string of incidents, Princess Ariane, 18, will now enjoy some downtime, during which she plans to travel, according to Blauw Bloed .

Ousted Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe's downfall began with an anonymous tip to an employee hotline about his alleged affair with a subordinate.