Toxic Industrial Chemicals And Brain Disorders

Side Effects Public Media | By Sound Medicine Radio

Published May 27, 2014 at 9:17 AM EDT

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/030914_6.mp3

It's well known that brain disorders such as ADHD and autism are on the rise. Could toxic industrial chemicals be partly to blame? Jeremy Shere has more.

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