Industrial chemicals, heavy metals and pesticides are damaging kids' brains, reveals new study.
Brain Food
It is a myth that the brain quits generating new cells once you reach adulthood. They are regenerating all the time.
It is a myth that the brain quits generating new cells once you reach adulthood. They are regenerating all the time.
Grandjean said that the line-up has now grown to a dozen "bona fide brain drainers" asserting that's twice as many chemicals as he and co-author Philip Landrigan, chairman of the department of preventative medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, listed in their first review of the science in 2006.
Joining methylmercury, lead, arsenic, PCBs, toluene and ethanol, according to the authors' updated list, are manganese, fluoride, DDT, chlorpyrifos, tetrachloroethylene and polybrominated biphenyl ethers.
Quiz on Brain
The human brain is exquisitely intrinsic and is the seat of all emotions. If you are curious about what makes you bad, sad, silly or glad this quiz on the brain will satiate you.
The human brain is exquisitely intrinsic and is the seat of all emotions. If you are curious about what makes you bad, sad, silly or glad this quiz on the brain will satiate you.
Scientists Identify Brain's 'Sweet Spot' for Love
A region deep inside the brain controls how quickly people make decisions about love has been discovered by scientists.
A region deep inside the brain controls how quickly people make decisions about love has been discovered by scientists.
New Pathway Discovered for Fear Deep Within the Brain
Fear is primal. It serves as a protective mechanism in the wild, allowing animals to avoid predators or other perceived threats.
Fear is primal. It serves as a protective mechanism in the wild, allowing animals to avoid predators or other perceived threats.
