A quiet brain-damage epidemic

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December 6, 2006

A quiet brain-damage epidemic

A Lancet paper catalogs hundreds of chemicals that could have neurotoxic

effects in children of all ages.

http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/dec/policy/nl_neurotox.html

Early exposure to neurotoxic chemicals could be creating a silent epidemic

of brain damage and other neurological dysfunctions, according to the

authors of a new review.

The paper (free login required), published in The Lancet on November 8,

calls for an immediate shift in the regulation of such compounds. The

review started with U.S. National Library of Medicine documents and

compiles only compounds known to affect humans. Because of their criteria,

which did not include animal data, for example, the researchers write that

the list is likely underrepresentative, particularly for neurotoxins with

chronic or long-term effects. They note that several substances might soon

be joining lead, methyl mercury, PCBs, solvents and pesticides: manganese,

fluoride, and perchlorate are " three obvious candidate substances " that

might harm children, although only manganese has proven neurotoxic in

adults.

The final product is a 200-plus catalog of metals, pesticides, organic

solvents, and other materials known to impact children’s brain development

and, in some cases, adults’ neural function. Only five of these substances

have enough accumulated data for their effects to be well recognized, but

these substances remain poorly regulated, the authors argue.

Thousands of chemicals should be tested for potential neurotoxicity for

children, they write. The authors also recommend that nations treat these

chemicals with precautionary principles that go beyond those in such

legislation as the EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation

of Chemicals).

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Thank you for all the research you do. I recently told my

son's Orthodontist that we would not have his teeth cleaned with

fluoride and they thought I was nuts.

People, on a daily basis are so unaware of just how dangerous fluoride

is to their health, it is very disturbing. I am going to print this off.

I still remember the article about fluoride's link to young boys

getting bone cancer. Chilling.

In csb-autism-rx , binstock@... wrote:

>

> December 6, 2006

>

> A quiet brain-damage epidemic

>

> A Lancet paper catalogs hundreds of chemicals that could have neurotoxic

> effects in children of all ages.

>

>

http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/dec/policy/nl_neurotox.html

>

> Early exposure to neurotoxic chemicals could be creating a silent

epidemic

> of brain damage and other neurological dysfunctions, according to the

> authors of a new review.

>

> The paper (free login required), published in The Lancet on November 8,

> calls for an immediate shift in the regulation of such compounds. The

> review started with U.S. National Library of Medicine documents and

> compiles only compounds known to affect humans. Because of their

criteria,

> which did not include animal data, for example, the researchers

write that

> the list is likely underrepresentative, particularly for neurotoxins

with

> chronic or long-term effects. They note that several substances

might soon

> be joining lead, methyl mercury, PCBs, solvents and pesticides:

manganese,

> fluoride, and perchlorate are " three obvious candidate substances " that

> might harm children, although only manganese has proven neurotoxic in

> adults.

>

> The final product is a 200-plus catalog of metals, pesticides, organic

> solvents, and other materials known to impact children's brain

development

> and, in some cases, adults' neural function. Only five of these

substances

> have enough accumulated data for their effects to be well

recognized, but

> these substances remain poorly regulated, the authors argue.

>

> Thousands of chemicals should be tested for potential neurotoxicity for

> children, they write. The authors also recommend that nations treat

these

> chemicals with precautionary principles that go beyond those in such

> legislation as the EU's REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and

Authorisation

> of Chemicals).

>

> *

>

> The material in this post is distributed without

> profit to those who have expressed a prior interest

> in receiving the included information for research

> and educational purposes.For more information go to:

> http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

> http://oregon.uoregon.edu/~csundt/documents.htm

> If you wish to use copyrighted material from this

> email for purposes that go beyond 'fair use', you

> must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

>