Neurological disorders induced by exposure to xenobiotics

A number of environmental pollutants of a xenobiotic nature (i.e. foreign to living organisms) may alter the functions of the nervous system. Exposure to these agents (and particularly polyhalogenated agents that are persistent in the atmosphere, methylmercury and endocrine disruptors), even at low doses, causes subclinical or chronic effects such as deficiencies in neurodevelopment, cognition, memory, etc., or severe neurological disorders of the convulsive type or affecting movement (Parkinson).

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