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416: Environmental Toxins, Chronic Stress and Social Regression: Why Young Brains Are Struggling in 2026
How Environmental Chemicals and Social Anxiety Are Rewiring the Nervous System in Young PeopleIn this episode, Madonna Guy and David Sheil explore how environmental toxins, chronic stress, and cultural shifts are reshaping the nervous system — especially in young people. They discuss how anxiety has been rising since 2001, accelerating through COVID‑19, and how microplastics, pesticides, chemical pollution and neurotoxins add to the inflammatory load on developing brains. With 350,000 Australians under 25 now on antidepressants, many for longer than recommended, Madonna and David examine how…
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