Children were protected from irreversible developmental damage
Power plant water discharges are filled with harmful pollution such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium toxics that can cause neurological and developmental damage
, cause harm in utero, damage internal organs and cause cancer.
Important forage fish are plagued with gill and developmental damage
countries and warning of grave economic and developmental damage
The results of such studies to date have been mixed but demonstrate that some antioxidants can partially protect against alcohol-induced developmental damage
(Da Lee et al.
Well over 100 independent academic and government peer-reviewed studies have linked BPA to a host of problems, including brain and developmental damage
, breast and prostrate cancer, early puberty, obesity, infertility, miscarriage and hyperactivity.
Exposure to mercury results in permanent developmental damage
The child from a more secure and privileged background may well be equally distressed at the time by the abuse, but is likely to sustain less long-term developmental damage
Studies show that other neurotoxins, especially polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have caused developmental damage
in children whose mothers regularly ate fish from polluted rivers and lakes.
Targeted cognitive-behavioral therapy can help remediate social developmental damage
caused by language impairments, but only if such therapy is focused broadly enough to encompass the disability's range of guises and is of long enough duration to complete the necessary learning arc, Dr.
And, as Utiger stresses, in the case of developing fetuses and infants, iodine deficiency can cause intellectual retardation and permanent neurological and developmental damage
Risks include both neurological and developmental damage