pollutants amid: Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders - obesity

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Pollutants are associated with metabolic conditions (references

hereinbelow) thus the findings of Krakowiaket al maybe a further

reflection of pollutants as etiologically significant factors in many

and perhaps most cases of autism and also a further indictment of

so-called risk-management policies enforced to allow " low dose "

exposures to myriad molecules which are profitably patented.

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Maternal Metabolic Conditions and Risk for Autism and Other

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

* a Krakowiak, et al

Pediatrics peds.2011-2583; published ahead of print April 9, 2012,

doi:10.1542/peds.2011-2583

* Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: We examined whether metabolic conditions (MCs) during

pregnancy (diabetes, hypertension, and obesity) are associated with

autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental delays (DD), or

impairments in specific domains of development in the offspring....

CONCLUSIONS: Maternal MCs may be broadly associated with

neurodevelopmental problems in children. With obesity rising steadily,

these results appear to raise serious public health concerns.

*/References/*

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