Behavioral Toxicology

The new fields of behavioral toxicology and behavioral teratology investigate the outcome of specific toxic exposures in humans and animals on learning, memory, and behavioral characteristics. Three important classes of behavioral neurotoxicants are metals, solvents, and pesticides. The clearest dat...

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Published in:Environmental health perspectives 1995-09, Vol.103 (suppl 6), p.77-79
Main Author: Needleman, Herbert L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior - drug effects
Brain
Brain - drug effects
Chemical hazards
Economic costs
Environmental Pollutants - poisoning
Female
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetus - drug effects
Humans
Infants
Lead
Lead Poisoning
Mercury Poisoning
Neurotoxicity: The Role of the Environment in Injuries to the Developing Nervous System
Neurotoxins - poisoning
Pesticides
Pregnancy
Solvents
Toxicants
Toxicity
Toxicology
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Summary:The new fields of behavioral toxicology and behavioral teratology investigate the outcome of specific toxic exposures in humans and animals on learning, memory, and behavioral characteristics. Three important classes of behavioral neurotoxicants are metals, solvents, and pesticides. The clearest data on the deleterious effects of prenatal exposure to toxicants comes from the study of two metals, lead and mercury, and from epidemiological investigations of the effects of alcohol taken during pregnancy. Less complete data are available for two other groups of agents, solvents and pesticides. What we do know about their effects on the fetal brain is convincing enough to make us demand caution in their distribution.
ISSN:0091-6765
1552-9924
DOI:10.1289/ehp.95103s677