A new Berkeley study has found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides - widely used on food crops - is related to lower intelligence scores in children. Every tenfold increase in measures of organophosphates detected during a mother's pregnancy corresponded to a 5.5-point drop in overall IQ scores in children at age 7, the researchers found.
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The impact of WikiLeaks' ongoing release of classified information is the topic of a half-day conference Thursday at International House. The event, organized by Berkeley's schools of law and information and KQED News, will explore the growing tensions between free speech and national security. Among the speakers will be Vietnam-era leaker Daniel Ellsberg and investigative-reporting professor Lowell Bergman.
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The number of women who are academic deans at Berkeley - seven - is the highest in campus history, an achievement celebrated Thursday at the Women's Faculty Club. With two soon leaving their posts, the event marked "a rare moment in history" when the proportion of women deans roughly matches the proportion of women on the faculty, 29.6 percent, said Sheila O'Rourke, assistant provost for academic affairs.
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