The impact of prenatal mercury on neurobehavioral functioning longitudinally assessed from a young age to pre-adolescence in a Spanish birth cohort

CONCLUSION: Despite elevated prenatal THg exposure, no association was found with children's behavioural functioning assessed from early childhood to pre-adolescence. The nutrients in fish could offset the potential neurotoxic impact of Hg. Further birth cohort studies with longitudinal data are warranted.PMID:38631469 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118954

Source: Environmental Research - April 17, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Blanca Sarzo Ferran Ballester Raquel Soler-Blasco Jordi Sunyer Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa Jesus Ibarluzea Manuel Lozano Jordi Julvez Gorka Iriarte Mikel Subiza-Perez Ll úcia González-Safont Ana Fern ández-Somoano Jorge Vallejo-Ortega M ònica Guxens Uli Source Type: research