"During the first thousand days of a child’s life, the foundations of the nervous, immune, endocrine, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems are established.
Any toxic interference during this critical period can determine a person’s health for a lifetime.
In early development, the blood-brain barrier, the intestines, the lungs, the skin, and the liver are all still forming. These systems are not yet fully developed or stabilized. When nanoplastics enter the body at this stage, they are not interacting with the mature and resilient systems of an adult.
They are interacting with systems that are still learning how to function.
These developing systems are more permeable, less mature, and far less capable of protecting the child from harmful external influences. The child’s brain is particularly vulnerable.
In early childhood, neural connections are forming at an extraordinary pace. Cognitive and emotional centers are being calibrated. At the same time, the brain’s protective barrier has not yet fully developed.
This creates conditions in which nanoparticles can penetrate directly into the child’s brain, interfering with processes that shape cognition, behavior, and emotional regulation for life.
This is not exposure later in life.
This is interference at the moment of formation." - Dr. Egon Cholakian
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