by Brenda Watson | Oct 5, 2012 | General
For the first time since the US government has been collecting data on it, the top five disabilities affecting US children are no longer physical problems, but rather, mental problems, as reported recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association....
by lsmith | Oct 3, 2012 | General
The largest source of methylmercury—the most toxic form of the heavy metal mercury—obtained through the diet comes from canned tuna. Thirty-two percent of dietary methylmercury, a known neurotoxin, comes from canned tuna. There are two main types of tuna—albacore and...
by Brenda Watson | May 4, 2012 | General
The journal Environmental Health Perspectives recently published an editorial that calls for increased research into the environmental causes of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. With three percent of all neurobehavioral disorders in children caused by...
by lsmith | Apr 11, 2012 | General
A recent article from the Journal of Environment International showed a significant connection between elevated blood mercury levels and autoimmune antibodies to parts of the thyroid gland, specifically thyroglobulin.1 Thyroglobulin is a protein made in the thyroid...
by shester | Mar 16, 2012 | General
Three toxins that have been found to affect children’s developing brains and nervous systems—lead, organophosphate pesticides, and mercury—have been found to impact children’s IQ in the overall population, according to a recent study published online in the journal...
