EPA builds list of potentially dangerous chemicals As the rates of learning disabilities, autism and related conditions rise

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By Shelia Kaplan AOL News 22 December 2010

As the rates of learning disabilities, autism and related conditions

rise, the Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release a

roster of the pollutants likely to contribute to these or other

neurological disorders.

In an ongoing, three-year effort, an EPA team has determined which

developmental neurotoxicants -- chemicals that damage a fetal and infant

brain -- may pose the biggest risk to the American public.

Some compounds on the EPA's list are ubiquitous in household products,

drinking water, medicine, and within the environment. They range from

cadmium, used to etch colorful cartoons onto children's glasses, to

flame retardants used to fireproof upholstered furniture.

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