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Trousdale, Kristie A.; Martin, Joyce; Abulafia, Laura; Del Bene Davis, Allison – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Chemicals are ubiquitous in the environment, and human exposure to them is inevitable. A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants, and pesticides in umbilical cord blood indicated that humans are born with an average of 200 pollutants already present in their bodies. The study found a total of 287 chemicals, of which, 180 are…
Descriptors: Water, Developmental Disabilities, Pollution, Hazardous Materials
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Gilbert, Steven G.; Miller, Elise; Martin, Joyce; Abulafia, Laura – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Damage to the brain or nervous system at an early developmental stage creates lifelong challenges for the individual. To examine one source of harm to the developing nervous system, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment's (CHE) Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) (Collaborative on Health and the Environment, 2009)…
Descriptors: Public Health, Developmental Disabilities, Neurology, Developmental Stages