A terrible thing to waste: environmental racism and its assault on the American mind

Introduction: IQ matters --

Part I: Color-coded intelligence? The prism of race : how politics shroud the truth about our nation's IQ --

Part II: The brain thieves. The lead age : heavy metals, low IQs --

Poisoned world : the racial gradient of environmental neurotoxins --

Prenatal policies : protecting the developing brain --

Bugs in the system : how microbes sap U.S. intelligence --

Part III: Mission possible : how to bolster the nation's IQ. Taking the cure : what can you do, now? --

A wonderful thing to save : how communities can unite to preserve brainpower --

Glossary --

List of known chemical brain drainers.