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Environmental Toxins

The Deprived Brain

Children who lag cognitively after spending time in orphanages can make up the difference by young adulthood, suggest two longitudinal studies, but some behavior and emotional issues remain—or even increase. This suggests that environmental influences might lead to disorders with or without genetic precursors.
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Environmental Toxins

Air Pollution Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia

Researchers find effects of exhaust fume particles in people who live close to busy roadways.
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Drinking Water and the Developing Brain

While the problem of unsafe tap water in Flint, Michigan fueled outrage and better awareness in regard to the hazards of lead in tap water, the problem has existed in city after city for years in the US and in other countries. Our article examines the potentially harmful contaminants that have yet to be evaluated, much less regulated, as they pertain to brain development.
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Taking a Global Approach to Toxicology

“There is this focus in science on studying one factor at a time, but diseases and disorders—particularly the most intractable ones—don’t arise this way,” says one researcher.
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Air Pollution Also Not Good For Your Brain

Recent research provides strong evidence that pollutants cause harms, and suggests underlying pathways and mechanisms.
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Environmental Influence on the Developing Brain

A Report from the Fifth Annual Aspen Brain Forum

A panel at the recent Aspen Brain Forum discussed how certain social and psychological aspects of environment influence biology and behavior.
Environmental Toxins

Cell Phones, Aluminum, Agent Orange: No? Yes? Maybe?

Epidemiology is a powerful tool for spotting hazards in the environment before the biological mechanisms are known.

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