| Tipoffs for Greensboro, North Carolina (State) Newsletter for Tuesday October 11, 2022 ( 1 items ) |
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Wake Forest University: Researchers Identify Cognitive Impacts Of Mercury Exposure On Peru's Matsigenka People
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news:
A new approach to measuring cognition has helped a research team led by Wake Forest University psychologist Alycia Silman understand the health impacts of mercury exposure on the Matsigenka people of Peru.
The group found a negative association between mercury levels in the hair of Matsigenka study participants and their performance on cognitive tests, demonstrating a tangible and ominous link
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