Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction: IQ Matters

Part I:          Color-Coded Intelligence?

Chapter 1:   The Prism of Race: How Politics Shroud the Truth about Our Nation’s IQ

Part II:         The Brain Thieves

Chapter 2:   The Lead Age: Heavy Metals, Low IQs

Chapter 3:   Poisoned World: The Racial Gradient of Environmental Neurotoxins

Chapter 4:   Prenatal Policies: Protecting the Developing Brain

Chapter 5:   Bugs in the System: How Microbes Sap U.S. Intelligence

Part III:       Mission Possible: How to Bolster the Nation’s IQ

Chapter 6:   Taking the Cure: What Can You Do, Now?

Chapter 7:   A Wonderful Thing to Save: How Communities Can Unite to Preserve Brainpower

Acknowledgments

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About the Author

Also by Harriet A. Washington

Glossary

List of Known Chemical Brain Drainers

Notes