Cuba pesticides may have caused Canada diplomats' injuries: study

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OTTAWA, Canada - Neurotoxins in pesticides used to fumigate against mosquitoes may be behind mysterious health complaints of Canadian diplomats in Cuba that had been blamed on suspected sonic attacks,

according to a new study Thursday.

Canadian and US authorities initially suspected an attack using some sort of acoustic weapon, which led to heightened diplomatic tensions between Washington and the Caribbean island nation.

Twenty-six people participated in the study, including a control group of people who have never lived in Cuba, and were subjected to blood tests and brain scans. American doctors and officials have pointed to "a new type of a possible acquired brain injury" outlined in the February 2018 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association by health experts at the University of Pennsylvania, who treated 21 US diplomats.

 

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