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Only one chance : how environmental pollution impairs brain development--and how to protect the brains of the next generation / Philippe Grandjean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grandjean, Philippe, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Environmental ethics and science policy.
- Environmental ethics and science policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prenatal influences.
- Fetus--Abnormalities--Etiology.
- Fetus.
- Pollution--Health aspects.
- Pollution.
- Brain--growth & development.
- Brain Diseases--chemically induced.
- Brain Diseases--prevention & control.
- Environmental Pollution--adverse effects.
- Environmental Pollution--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--growth & development.
- Brain Diseases--chemically induced.
- Brain Diseases--prevention & control.
- Environmental Pollution--adverse effects.
- Environmental Pollution--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 212 pages).
- Other Title:
- How environmental pollution impairs brain development and how to protect the brains of the next generation
- How to protect the brains of the next generation
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Environmental pollutants such as lead, mercury, and pesticides interfere with brain development, yet we do not test industrial chemicals for brain toxicity. In this book, Philippe Grandjean argues for the necessity of protecting the brains of future generations and proposes a plan of action to halt what he refers to as chemical brain drain.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Brain matters : Only one chance to develop a brain
- Chapter 1. Sensitive development : Complexity creates vulnerability
- Chapter 2. Toxic invasion : The placenta is not a protective armor
- Chapter 3. Invisible lead : Health hazards from demanding scientific proof
- Chapter 4. Poisoned science : Mercury damages the child's brain but does not harm the mother
- Chapter 5. Substituted milk : Poisoning during infancy causes permanent brain damage
- Chapter 6. Persistent problems : Chemicals resistant to break-down can break brain cells
- Chapter 7. Unusual suspects : Chemicals that protect the lawn may damage the brain
- Chapter 8. Mindless costs : Brains are indispensable to each individual and to society
- Chapter 9. Inconvenient truths : Vested interests can endanger brain development
- Chapter 10. Brainy choices : How to secure optimal brain development for the next generation
- Appendix. Chemicals known to be brain drainers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-201) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-998540-5
- 0-19-023973-5
- 1-299-45785-1
- 0-19-998539-1
- OCLC:
- 839863039
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