Cognitive Impairments | |
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TOXIC HEAVY METALS | SPECIFIC EFFECTS |
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury | Mental retardation borderline intelligence |
Copper, Lead | Uneven performance on IQ scores – low IQ scores |
Aluminum, Lead | Poor concentration attention deficits (ADHD) response inhibition |
Aluminum, Lead | Poor memory, short term verbal & auditory |
Aluminum | Dementia, pre-senile and senile dementia |
Aluminum, Lead | Stupor |
Lead | Impaired reaction time, lower performance on timed tests |