Study links autism to prenatal pesticide exposure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The genetic predisposition is certainly clear. That doesn't mean we should drown ourselves in environmental triggers.

Plus there is no denying that there is a huge increase in the more profound autism cases, not just asperger's. Huge, huge undeniable increase that anyone can see for themselves. We don't need to say "Oh, it's because we are diagnosing more now" -- that is nonsense meant to fool the gullible or the very young or the very scared.

Multiple community studies have found this to be a myth. There hasn't been a huge increase in the rate of people with ASDs. It's probably a change in our use of diagnostic labels that is causing the apparent increase.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21536975

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/4/1028.abstract

[Anonymous]

Am I wrong in thinking that the rates of mental retardation have gone down because of improved prenatal screening?


I think this is a huge factor.

[Anonymous]

If California and Canada have banned certain pesticides, are they seeing decreases in ASD?