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How Plastics Can Harm Brain Health
A discussion exploring the direct and indirect effects on brain health, from microplastics and plastics-related chemicals, as well as effects related to climate change and air pollution.
Elizabeth Ryznar, M.D., MSC
PsychiatryDr. Elizabeth Ryznar is an experienced psychiatrist and medical educator. She completed her medical training at Harvard Medical School, her residency training at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, and her postdoctoral training in medical education at Johns Hopkins. She also has a Masters degree in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford University. She currently serves as the Associate Chair of Psychiatry at St. George’s University and as a part-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and co-edited a textbook called Landmark Papers in Psychiatry with Oxford University Press. She is using her platform as a brain doctor to highlight the neuropsychiatric harms of plastics production and use.
State:Maryland
Subjects:Plastic and Neuropsychiatry, Health Harms of Plastics, Plastics and Climate Change