Homègnon Antonin Ferréol Bah is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Health in the Post Graduate Program of Collective Health of UFBA and a research assistant at the Laboratory of Toxicology of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He graduated in Pharmacy from the National University of Benin in 2013. His research focuses on the impact of environmental pollutants on human health and neurodevelopment. His primary interest is in analyzing the influences of social and biological parameters on neurodevelopment in the case of exposure to potentially toxic metals. He is currently involved in the birth Cohort Study DSAN-12M and is a member of the Brazilian Society of Toxicology (SBTOX).