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By: Gabriella (Gabby) Chalker, ACAT Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher  In a recent webinar by CHE Alaska titled “Hidden Harms: How Plastics & Chemicals in Plastics Affect the Developing Brains of Children(opens in new tab),” leading experts with Project TENDR (Targeting Environmental Neurodevelopmental Risks) Maureen Swanson, Dr. Carmen Marsit, and Dr. Susan Schantz examined the emerging science on how plastics and the chemical additives used in their production may interfere with biological processes essential for healthy brain development. Children and pregnant women are especially vulnerable to these environmental exposures during critical periods of growth.      Methods of Toxic Chemical Exposures​ During Pregnancy and Early Life  Children are developing within and being born already exposed to thousands ...