Ebook: Losing our minds: how environmental pollution impairs human intelligence and mental health

1. Chemical Pollution and IQ Loss in Children: Learning from the Past -- 2. Thyroid Hormone, Iodine, Selenium, and Mercury -- 3. Thyroid Hormone and Brain Development: Bridging Environment to Gene Expression -- 4. Thyroid Hormone Signalling as a Target of Multiple Pollutants -- 5. Examples of Chemical Pollution Targeting Thyroid Hormone Action -- 6. Mixtures and Low Doses: The Complexity of Risk Assessment -- 7. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Congenital Hypothyroidism: The Case for Gene x Environment Interactions -- 8. What Can Be Done by Individuals, Associations and Governments: Time to End the Pied Piper Scenario;The exponential increases in neurodevelopmental disorders implicate environmental factors as well as genetic causes. Flame-retardants, pesticides, plasticizers, and other every-day products contain chemicals shown to affect thyroid hormone signaling, which, if disrupted, can result in significant impairment in IQ. Across entire populations, such effects spell large-scale social and economic consequences. Barbara Demeneix suggests what can and must be done to halt and reverse this disturbing trend"