Industrial Chemicals Damage Children's Brains

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Industrial Chemicals Damage Children's Brains
Excerpts:

Industrial chemicals are causing a significant rise in developmental brain
disorders, according to a study published Tuesday in the British medical
journal, The Lancet.

It is estimated that currently one in six children has some kind of
developmental disability such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), and cerebral palsy.

Researchers identified 202 potentially harmful industrial chemicals,
including metals, solvents, and pesticides, that may be contributing to the
dramatically rising pandemic of irreversible neurological disorders.

Of the industrial chemicals known to be toxic to the human brain, only
five -- lead, mercury, arsenic, PCBs, and toluene -- have been proven to
cause damage to the developing brain, note lead author Philippe Grandjean,
chair of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, and
co-author Philip Landrigan of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
These chemicals have been identified not because they are necessarily more
dangerous than the others, but because they have been studied the most, they
suggest.

Developing brains are much more susceptible to toxic chemicals than those of
adults, according to the researchers, and developing fetuses are at the
highest risk

They estimate that there are more than 1,000 chemicals that are known to be
neurotoxic in animals, and are also likely to be harmful to humans.

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http://health.dailynewscentral.com/c...ew/0002502/55/

Industrial Chemicals Damage Children's Brains
Excerpts:

Industrial chemicals are causing a significant rise in developmental brain
disorders, according to a study published Tuesday in the British medical
journal, The Lancet.

It is estimated that currently one in six children has some kind of
developmental disability such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), and cerebral palsy.

Researchers identified 202 potentially harmful industrial chemicals,
including metals, solvents, and pesticides, that may be contributing to
the dramatically rising pandemic of irreversible neurological disorders.

Of the industrial chemicals known to be toxic to the human brain, only
five -- lead, mercury, arsenic, PCBs, and toluene -- have been proven to
cause damage to the developing brain, note lead author Philippe Grandjean,
chair of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, and
co-author Philip Landrigan of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
These chemicals have been identified not because they are necessarily more
dangerous than the others, but because they have been studied the most,
they suggest.

Developing brains are much more susceptible to toxic chemicals than those
of adults, according to the researchers, and developing fetuses are at the
highest risk

They estimate that there are more than 1,000 chemicals that are known to
be neurotoxic in animals, and are also likely to be harmful to humans.



Many chemicals are used in the farming industries, growing crops that are
for human consumption as well animal consumption, i.e. milk cows, and food
animals, to grow them quicker and fatter for slaughter.
Like Mercury in sea food, these too are passed on to some extent to the
consumer.

You can not get the genie back in the bottle so enjoy your desert.

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http://health.dailynewscentral.com/c...ew/0002502/55/

Industrial Chemicals Damage Children's Brains
Excerpts:

Industrial chemicals are causing a significant rise in developmental brain
disorders, according to a study published Tuesday in the British medical
journal, The Lancet.

It is estimated that currently one in six children has some kind of
developmental disability such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), and cerebral palsy.

Researchers identified 202 potentially harmful industrial chemicals,
including metals, solvents, and pesticides, that may be contributing to
the dramatically rising pandemic of irreversible neurological disorders.

Of the industrial chemicals known to be toxic to the human brain, only
five -- lead, mercury, arsenic, PCBs, and toluene -- have been proven to
cause damage to the developing brain, note lead author Philippe Grandjean,
chair of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, and
co-author Philip Landrigan of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
These chemicals have been identified not because they are necessarily more
dangerous than the others, but because they have been studied the most,
they suggest.

Developing brains are much more susceptible to toxic chemicals than those
of adults, according to the researchers, and developing fetuses are at the
highest risk

They estimate that there are more than 1,000 chemicals that are known to
be neurotoxic in animals, and are also likely to be harmful to humans.



Many chemicals are used in the farming industries, growing crops that are
for human consumption as well animal consumption, i.e. milk cows, and food
animals, to grow them quicker and fatter for slaughter.
Like Mercury in sea food, these too are passed on to some extent to the
consumer.

You can not get the genie back in the bottle so enjoy your desert.

You are so correct. This is one of the reasons Americans grow taller
(on average) every year. Growth hormones play a funny role on humans
when consumed.

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