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A silent pandemic: Industrial chemicals are impairing the brain development of children worldwide
11-07-2006 · EurekAlert!Researchers found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain, and they conclude that chemical pollution may have harmed the brains of millions of children worldwide.
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