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WATCH: Early Life Metal Exposure and Brain Development

Early life metal exposures, including lead, manganese, and other toxic metals, can have a significant impact on brain development in children.

Megan Horton, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Early life metal exposures, including lead, manganese, and other toxic metals, can have a significant impact on brain development in children. Dr. Horton discusses how these exposures can affect structural and functional brain development and will explore how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has advanced our understanding of children’s environmental health.

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