Exploration of the role of organophosphates in depression by epidemiological, biochemical, behavioral, and epigenetic means

Pesticides, specifically organophosphates (OPs) such as chlorpyrifos (CPF), have been widely known to cause adverse health outcomes. It has been shown that environmental toxins such as OPs are associated with psychiatric and neurological outcomes such as neurodevelopmental problems, behavioral deficits, depression, and suicide.