date:Oct 23, 2019
show loss of IQ, attention deficits and other learning and behavioural impacts among children who are exposed. Also, three of the metals (arsenic, lead and cadmium) are human carcinogens.
Arsenic, lead and other heavy metals are known causes of neurodevelopmental harm, stated Dr Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the Programme in Global Public Health and the Common Good, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College.
Low level exposures add up, and exposu