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    • Ethics

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    • Growing evidence links chemical exposures to molecular systems affecting cognitive and mental function.
    • Emerging data indicate negative impacts of chemical exposures on mental health, including depression and suicide risks.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To address the ethical and social implications of chemical exposures on the central nervous system.
    • To focus on the critical issues surrounding pesticide exposure through an environmental neuroethics framework.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review and synthesis of existing research on chemical exposures, neuroethics, and environmental health.
    • Application of an environmental neuroethics approach to analyze pesticide impacts.

    Main Results:

    • Identified a gap in ethical and social considerations regarding chemical exposures and mental health.
    • Highlighted the specific ethical challenges posed by pesticide exposure on cognitive and mental well-being.

    Conclusions:

    • There is a critical need to integrate ethical and social perspectives into the study of environmental neurotoxicology.
    • Pesticides present significant ethical and social concerns that require further investigation within the environmental neuroethics field.