A new analysis has unveiled that bug spray could lead to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The journal Environmental Health-published study has unveiled that researchers have assessed the relation between pesticide pyrethroid and ADHD. In order to know the link, the researchers have taken the help of clinical information and urine samples from hundreds of children.

Children took part in a 2001-02 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). One of the main questions in the survey was whether children with ADHD were more likely to have detectable levels of the pesticide in their urine samples in comparison to those children not having ADHD.

Researchers found the answer to be ‘yes’. It was found that children having detectable pyrethroid in their urine samples were twice likely to have ADHD as children without the pesticide. Researchers even said the higher the level of the pesticide the greater the risk of having ADHD.

It shall, however, be noted that there are many uncertainties in the study. Researchers said ADHD is complex. There are a number of things being said about what led to the conditions, including genetics playing a role in its development; premature birth or head trauma; bad diet being an issue; different types of allergies and infections.

It is also being questions as to whether there is something behaviorally different about the families of kids with ADHD or their families making them more likely to have detectable urine pyrethroid levels.