Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in neurological disorders

Neurologists and their surgical counterparts, neurosurgeons, will spotlight the research gap at the American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting in Chicago.“Neurology is about 15 years behind cancer so we need to sound the alarm on this and get more people doing research because the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] is absolutely not protecting us,” said Frances Jensen, the ANA president and chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in neurological disorders | US news | The Guardian

Neurologists and their surgical counterparts, neurosurgeons, will spotlight the research gap at the American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting in Chicago.

“Neurology is about 15 years behind cancer so we need to sound the alarm on this and get more people doing research because the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] is absolutely not protecting us,” said Frances Jensen, the ANA president and chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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