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Jeffrey Kluger

Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when it's mature and comparatively fixed.

Jeffrey Kluger

Environmental

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Harmful substances like lead, mercury, and secondhand smoke cause greater damage to young, developing bodies because their tissues are still growing and more sensitive. Once tissues are fully grown and stable, these toxins tend to have less severe effects.

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