Ebook: A terrible thing to waste: environmental racism and its assault on the American mind

Introduction: IQ matters -- Part I: Color-coded intelligence?. The prism of race : how politics shroud the truth about our nation's IQ -- Part II: The brain thieves. The lead age : heavy metals, low IQs ; Poisoned world : the racial gradient of environmental neurotoxins ; Prenatal policies : protecting the developing brain ; Bugs in the system : how microbes sap U.S. intelligence -- Part III: Mission possible : how to bolster the nation's IQ. Taking the cure : what can you do, now? ; A wonderful thing to save : how communities can unite to preserve brainpower -- Glossary -- List of known chemical brain drainers.;Demonstrates how environmental racism influences the racial IQ gap and explains what needs to be done to remedy its effects on marginalized communities.