Tadpole Brain Tissue (IMAGE)

Brown University

Tadpole Brain Tissue

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Even small concentrations -- 1.5 parts per million -- of a biocide used in cosmetics interrupted neurological development in tadpole brains. There is no evidence those concentrations are harmful to humans.

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Aizenman lab/Brown University

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