Protecting Brain Development: How Toxic Chemical Exposures Interact With Nutrition and Genetics to Put Children at Risk

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No AccessPerspectives on School-Based IssuesArticle1 Aug 2012Protecting Brain Development: How Toxic Chemical Exposures Interact With Nutrition and Genetics to Put Children at Risk Maureen Swanson and Nancy Hepp Maureen Swanson Healthy Children Project, Learning Disabilities Association of AmericaPittsburgh, PA Google Scholar More articles by this author and Nancy Hepp Collaborative on Health and the EnvironmentBolinas, CA Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/sbi13.2.54 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract In the article “Protecting Children From Toxicants” in the November 2011 issue of The ASHA Leader, author Nancy Hepp outlined some of the substances and chemicals that can be most harmful to children's brain development and learning, providing guidance on ways to limit exposures. 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