Risposta: Si, a volte molto e con varie modalità, ancor più nel feto e nei bambini piccoli, tanto l’inquinamento dell’aria che quello di acqua e cibi.

Ecco alcuni recenti ricerche, tra le molte disponibili …

Impact of prenatal environmental stress on cortical development - Seiji Ishii and Kazue Hashimoto-Torii

Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) on Development of Brain White Matter, Cognition, and Behavior in Later Childhood - Bradley S. Peterson, M.D., Virginia A. Rauh, Sc.D., Ravi Bansal, Ph.D., Xuejun Hao, Ph.D., Zachary Toth, B.A., Giancarlo Nati, B.A., Kirwan Walsh, B.A., Rachel Miller, M.D., Franchesca Arias, M.S., David Semanek, B.A., and Frederica Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D.

Prenatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls: A Neuropsychologic Analysis - Olivier Boucher, Gina Muckle, and Célyne H. Bastien

Short term exposure to air pollution and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis - Anoop S V Shah, Kuan Ken Lee, David A McAllister, Amanda Hunter, Harish Nair, William Whiteley, Jeremy P Langrish, David E Newby, Nicholas L Mills