Preventing Harm

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Contents/Foreword
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Nature of the Problem
Chapter 2: Normal Brain Development and Developmental Toxicology
Chapter 3: The Spectrum of Developmental Disorders and Their Public Health Impacts
Chapter 4: The Long Road from Research to Real Life
Chapter 5: The Multiple Causes of Disabilities
Chapter 6: Known and Suspected Developmental Neurotoxicants
Chapter 7: Chemicals, Regulation and the Environment
Chapter 8: Conclusions
Appendix: Clinical Spectrum of Developmental Disorders

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Errata:

page 84 - "Second, the low concentrations of chlorpyrifos necessary to impair DNA synthesis and cell division are actually lower than exposure levels of children under some pesticide home-use conditions." Should read: "Second, the exposures to chlorpyrifos shown to impair DNA synthesis and cell division in animal tests are only about 4-5 times higher than potential exposure levels of children under some pesticide home-use conditions."

page 66-67 - "Based on the Seychelles study the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has established a minimum risk level for oral exposure to methylmercury at 0.5 mg/kg/day." should read "....0.3 mg/kg/day."