Genetics + Environmental Chemical Soup = Autism?

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Genetics + Environmental Chemical Soup = Autism?

 

In the not-too-distant past, the rate of autism in the US was listed as 1 in

10,000 children. It is now acknowledged to be 1 in 150 children and as high as 1

in 93 children in New Jersey. While there are those who point to better

diagnosis as the reason for the increase, little consensus exists for the

reasons why as many as 1 in 6 American children are labeled as learning and/or

behaviorally disabled.

Vaccines? Children get more and more shots at an earlier and earlier age.

Mercury is still in the flu shot and other preservatives are toxic as well.

Genetic predisposition? Exposure to video games? Heavy metals? Chemicals in the

environment? Every child has a unique set of genes and a unique environment, and

they must be taken into account. Books like Healing the New Childhood Epidemics:

Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies by Dr. Ken Bock detail the medical sleuthing

necessary to determine what combination of factors caused a child normal at

birth to develop a learning and/or behavior disorder. 

Three studies now say there is a link between children’s exposure to

pesticides and autism. Recently published research found that children who live

in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit phthalate chemicals, are more likely

to have autism. Children whose mothers smoked were also twice as likely to have

autism.

Research now acknowledges that environmental contaminants such as PCBs, PBDEs,

and mercury can alter brain neuron functioning even before a child is born.

These changes to the brain can be long-lasting. Stain-resistant chemicals, found

in up to 98% of Americans sampled in the late 1990s, are found in clothing,

carpeting, upholstery, and even the lining of food containers. Fetuses exposed

to the chemicals PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic

acid) experience changes in proteins important to both growth of brain neurons

and the production of brain proteins necessary to carry messages between nerve

cells. These changes in brain proteins may account for behavior changes

including hyperactivity, as is the case in lab animals that are exposed to

stain-resistant chemicals.

AAHF has some position papers you might be interested in—one on mandatory

childhood vaccines, and another on the use of substances like Ritalin for ADHD.

We also offer consumers a database to find physicians who focus on environmental

medicine—how the environment influences genetic expression.

 

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

 

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport