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Wake Forest University: Researchers Identify Cognitive Impacts Of Mercury Exposure On Peru's Matsigenka People
October 11, 2022
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 ta . . .

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