Losing Our Minds: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Human Intelligence And Mental Health (Oxford Series In Behavioral Neuroendocrinology)

The exponential increases in neurodevelopmental disorders implicate environmental factors as well as genetic causes. Flame-retardants, pesticides, plasticizers, and other every-day products contain chemicals shown to affect thyroid hormone signaling, which, if disrupted, can result in significant impairment in IQ. Across entire populations, such effects spell large-scale social and economic consequences. Barbara Demeneix suggests what can and must be done to halt and reverse this disturbing trend--

• | Author: Barbara Demeneix
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 13, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 284 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199917515
• | ISBN-13: 9780199917518