Water quality

Valuing Regional Water Supply Planning and Conservation Alternatives

Water for Life: Addressing a 21st Century Crisis

Susan Schantz
Professor and Director of the NIH Toxicology Training Grant, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
University of Illinois

Brain Food or Toxic Threat: Do Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish Contribute
to ADHD?

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are industrial chemicals that are no longer in use, but are still prevalent in the Great Lakes food web. Recent research in children and laboratory animals has revealed that the behavioral deficits associated with early exposure to PCBs bear many similarities with the behavioral problems observed in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These findings suggest that exposure to environmental chemicals may play a role in this common childhood disorder.