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On this page, new developments, discoveries, and concerns will be featured. Separate pages will deal with Chemical Brain Drain in general, Metals, Pesticides, and Other Brain Drainers. This page will show all categories.

Now that “Only One Chance” has been published, the preliminary version of this site has been updated. Users can now respond to individual posts in the News and Views section. Comments can also be contributed at the Brain Forum. We look forward to hearing from you!

27
AUG
2019

Fluoride on the brain

27 August 2019. A Canadian research study was released a few days ago and was widely called “controversial”, as it linked water fluoridation to loss of IQ points in children. Some commentators stated that nothing could be decided on just a single study, others...
20
MAY
2019

Mercury – from coal to brains

20 May 2019. Mercury – in the form of methylmercury – is an established brain drainer of global impact. The most recent estimate indicates that 250,000 IQ points are lost every year in the U.S. due to mercury from contaminated fish and seafood. In 2009, the United...
10
MAY
2019

Cannabis in the womb

10 May 2019. There was a time when nobody worried whether a pregnant woman drank alcoholic beverages. No more. But what about cannabis? Marijuana and derivatives were generally considered illegal until recently but can now be prescribed for medicinal use in many countries,...
18
MAR
2019

Toxic anesthesia

18 March 2019. Many surgical procedures are painful, and general anesthesia is a frequent solution. However, this requires the use of vapors that induce temporary loss of sensation and attention, in fact the use of neurotoxic agents. Experimental studies have shown immediate...
16
NOV
2018

Chlorpyrifos drains brains

16 November 2018. The most commonly used insecticide in the EU and the USA has been approved on the basis of a toxicity test that has now been found to be faulty. Chlorpyrifos is used against worms and insect pests on a wide range of crops, including corn, soybeans, wheat,...
29
OCT
2018

Air pollution – brain pollution

29 October, 2018. The most obvious brain drainers have already been discovered, such as mercury, lead, or organophosphate pesticides, but the list is much longer when it comes to suspected neurotoxicants. Many of them are mediated through food and water consumption. But, what...
28
FEB
2017

Prioritizing brain drainers

28 February 2017. A U.S. regulatory agency – the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – took physicians and scientists by surprise late last year. The FDA warned that repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic and sedation drugs during surgeries in children younger...
13
FEB
2017

Is organic food better for new brains?

13 February 2017. The answer may appear straightforward. Of course organic food is better. But there are some caveats as well. First, let us look at the research findings. They were recently summarized in a report requested by the European Parliament. In the 88-page review of 381...
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“Only One Chance”

The book was released in mid-2013. It can be ordered directly from Oxford University Press – click here.

E-book versions are also available both for Kindle and Nook.

"Only One Chance shaves off layer after layer of ignorance, naiveté, and corruption as it exposes the hidden dangers from industrial chemicals. Grandjean's book reads like a thriller and gives us a unique chance to decide that the next generation's brains must be protected against toxic brain drainers." - Devra Lee Davis, PhD, author of The Secret History of the War on Cancer and National Book Award finalist.

See scientific journal reviews here and here.

A Danish version now available from Gyldendal: publisher page. E-book and audio versions are also available in Danish.

A French translation ("Cerveaux en danger") was published by Buchet/Chastel in February, 2016. A Kindle version is also available.

In a review for Le Monde, Hervé Morin writes: "La démonstration de Philippe Grandjean est implacable et désespérante... son ­exposé invite à l’indignation... il est plus que temps de protéger le cerveau des enfants." In Cerveaux & Psycho, André Picot concludes: “Dans cet ouvrage passionnant, Philippe Grandjean delivre un message clair: il est urgent d’agir, sans quoi le prix à payer pour les générations futures risqué d’être lourd. Merci à lui de nous informer si précisément, son témoignage nous est essentiel.”

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