By Walter Crinnion
Our IQ is dropping as the decades go by, not going up! Study What could be causing that?
My previous newsletter reviewed the direct relationship between air pollution (from vehicles, i.e. breathing air while living in an urban area). I also showed how this combination causes depression. But, it also makes your brain not work so well (kind of explains why lots of drivers don’t drive well, why common sense is uncommon and may explain our current political processes).
Cognitive decline has been linked to both prenatal exposure and exposure in daily life. In this newsletter let’s just look briefly at prenatal exposure that have been directly associated with loss of cognition, all of which cause NEUROINFLAMMATION::
- Organophosphate pesticides
- Phthalates
- Methylmercury
In utero exposure to organophosphate pesticides, primarily through diet, has been associated with slower motor speed and worse motor coordination, visuospatial performance and visual memory when the children reached the age of 6-8.[This translated to a developmental delay equivalent to 1.5 – 2 years. Study
Moms using personal care products, especially fragrances and nail polish have higher levels of plasticizers in their blood and urine. Those moms have kids with lower IQs by the age of 7! Study
Moms eating high mercury fish when they are pregnant, and who then have high blood methyl mercury (levels fairly common for frequent fish eaters – nothing that far out of normal) are FOUR TIMES more likely to have a child with an IQ less than 80! Study The sad thing is that many women consume more fish during pregnancy to make a smarter child (because fish oil does that).
