Medicine's Paul Tesar shares brain health risks of household chemicals

MS and autism among brain health risks from common household chemicals

Newsweek: Paul Tesar, professor of genetics and genome sciences at the School of Medicine, discussed his most recent findings about household chemicals being dangerous to brain health. "We were indeed surprised by our research findings, which revealed that certain common household chemicals can be harmful to brain cells," he said.

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