How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development — and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation
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@ChemBrainDrain keeps happening but takes time to be documented in science. Incomplete evidence should not justify lack of intervention.
French Ministry of Health focuses on protection of children's brains. youtube.com/watch?v=5LNf-Q2l…
#Fluoride from drinking water or black tea during pregnancy causes chemical brain drain.
The EU food safety agency #EFSA just declared that approval of EU's most common #pesticides, chlorpyrifos, cannot be renewed: efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news…. EFSA should soon reach the same decision on the sister-pesticide, chlorpyrifos-methyl. braindrain.dk/2018/11/chlorp… Next, #EPA?
Getting high on recreational cannabis during pregnancy will affect both brains, the younger one less enjoyably and more permanently.
Released today, a study relied on residence to assess possible pesticide exposure during pregnancy, The associated risk of autism spectrum disorder in the children was likely underestimated: bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l962
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Health-related costs of exposure to #PFAS in Europe equals 84 billion EUR each year, shows new @nordenen report!
This confirms our call to urgently address #perfluorinated compounds as part of Europe's long overdue #NonToxicEnvironment strategy: bit.ly/2JvemIW
#FDA urges caution with anesthesia to small children and pregnant women, but the hazard is small. What about being cautious about non-medical @ChemBrainDrain? braindrain.dk/2019/03/toxic-…
Common pesticide chlorpyrifos approved due to faulty test results from producer: braindrain.dk/?p=2101
Mercury can cause #ChemicalBrainDrain
Exposure to #mercury can impact human #health. Mercury presents a particular and significant risk to the neurological development of foetuses, newborn babies and children. See #EEAinfographic on health impacts.
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It's the timescale, stupid! That's the conclusion by 15 senior scientists on chemical risk during early life: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…. The brain is highly vulnerable, and DNA can be affected so that adverse effects are passed on to later generations. It's indeed the time scale!
WHO highlights air pollution as a serious health hazard:
who.int/phe/infographics/air… but fails to recognize @chembraindrain
@ChemBrainDrain keeps happening but takes time to be documented in science. Incomplete evidence should not justify lack of intervention.
#chemicalbraindrain due to #pesticides - can consumers protect the next generation's brain? youtube.com/watch?v=p8bfcFlT… (video in Danish)
CDC is no longer allowed to use terms like "fetus" and "vulnerable": washingtonpost.com/national/…. But @ChemBrainDrain may still be used, likewise prenatal risk or intrauterine exposure, and we will!
#glyphosate is toxic to the brain and is suspected to cause #ChemicalBrainDrain. The only test data on brain toxicity provided by Monsanto had to be withdrawn: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Scary trailer Brains in Danger #ChemicalBrainDrain film with focus on thyroid toxicity to be released on 11 November vimeo.com/231398880/58c763ea…