Re: Autism prevalence following prenatal exposure to hurricanes...

[Guest guest]

I echo Sue's summary. Soon after Katrina, there were articles about

environmental toxins that had been made more available. Also, we might consider

major stress and its effects upon a pregnant woman's physiology, perhaps

accompanied by suboptimal variations in diet.

Re: Autism prevalence following prenatal exposure to hurricanes and

Posted by: " Sue Swanson " sueswanson@... brettsmomsue

Date: Tue Mar 4, 2008 4:09 am ((PST))

My guess would be that hurricanes and other storms stir up a lot of toxins

from the environment, which get into the air, water supply, etc.

~Sue

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> > O.K. I understand " chemical " or " viral " stress,but now we are going to

> > blame hurricanes???? What did you make of this?