Prenatal and childhood environmental exposures are an underrecognized primary cause of intellectual and other developmental disabilities. In addition, individuals with established disabilities are vulnerable to further harm from subsequent environmental exposures. In individuals with communicative impairment or limited ability to independently escape from hazards, these subsequent exposures, too, may occur undetected or untreated. This article… Read More »»
Environmental Toxins
Environmental Toxins Research: Lead
September 1, 2008
Blood lead concentrations < 10 microg/d: and child intelligence at 6 years of age. Jusko TA, Henderson CR, Lanphear BP, Cory-Slechta DA, Parsons PJ, Canfield RL. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Feb;116(2):243-8. Comment in: Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Feb;116(2):A60-1. BACKGROUND:… Read More »»
Environmental Toxins Research: Mercury
June 11, 2008
Applying cost analyses to drive policy that protects children: mercury as a case study. Trasande L, Schechter C, Haynes KA, Landrigan PJ. Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. leo.trasande@mssm.edu Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Sep;1076:911-23. Exposure in… Read More »»
Environmental Toxins Research: Autism Spectrum Disorders
June 1, 2008
Autism and environmental influences: review and commentary. Bello SC. Developmental Pediatrics, PLLC, Latham, New York 12110, USA. Rev Environ Health. 2007 Apr-Jun;22(2):139-56. Progress has been slow in identifying pre- and post-natal environmental exposures that might trigger the features that characterize autism. During the past thirty years, research in the field of autism has been conducted… Read More »»
Environmental Toxins Research: Polychlorinated Biphenyls
April 1, 2008
Cognitive development in preschool children prenatally exposed to PCBs and MeHg. Stewart PW, Reihman J, Lonky EI, Darvill TJ, Pagano J. Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, USA. pstewar1@oswego.edu Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2003 Jan-Feb;25(1):11-22. A number of epidemiological studies have shown predictive relationships between prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls… Read More »»
Environmental Toxins Research: Pesticides
March 7, 2008
The conundrum of unmeasured confounding: Comment on: “Can some of the detrimental neurodevelopmental effects attributed to lead be due to pesticides? by Brian Gulson”. Lanphear BP, Hornung RW, Khoury J, Dietrich KN, Cory-Slechta DA, Canfield RL. Cincinnati Children’s Environmental Health Center, Department of Pediatrics and of Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, The University… Read More »»
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
February 16, 2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Format Registry ATSDR serves the public by taking responsive public health actions and providing health information to prevent harmful exposure to toxic substances and diseases resulting from exposure. Contact URL http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/index.html … Read More »»
Pollution, Toxic Chemicals and Mental Retardation: A National Summit
February 16, 2008
An Initiative of The American Association on Mental Retardation, Sponsored by The John Merck Fund and The Johnson Foundation, with Support from The Arc of the United States Research Fund and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities Format Summit The goal of the Summit was to bring the developmental disabilities and environmental health… Read More »»
Environmental Health Project
February 16, 2008
Source The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD), with support from the John Merck Fund Format Project NADD has developed the Environmental Health Project to advance awareness about the exposure of toxic agents in the environment, since exposure to toxic agents in the environment may contribute to developmental, neurological, and mental health… Read More »»
Environmental Health Initiative
February 16, 2008
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Format Initiative The goal of AAIDD’s environmental health initiative is to promote good health and reduce disability by developing partnerships among the developmental disabilities networks and the environmental health communities, in order to raise awareness about links between exposure to neurotoxic chemicals and developmental… Read More »»
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