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RESEARCH

Study Reveals Potential Triggers for Autism

Research examines medications in water supply

By Fitzgerald Epoch

Times

A new study indicates pharmaceuticals

that find their way into the water supply may contribute to increased

rates of autism in children.

A team of Idaho researchers exposed

small fish called fathead minnows to psychoactive medications,

including the antidepressants Prozac and Effexor, and an epileptic

medication called Tegretol. Researchers then examined the brain tissue

of the fish after exposing some to the individual pharmaceuticals, and

others to a mixture of all three.

The use of antidepressants by pregnant

women has been associated with autism. Therefore, the researchers were

looking for an environmental trigger that would link pharmaceuticals to

the development of idiopathic autism.

“Idiopathic autism seems to be triggered

by something,†says Dr. , associate professor of

biological sciences at Idaho State University and lead scientist of the

study. “We know that those markers to genetic susceptibility are

interacting with something, and we suppose that it’s interacting with

some sort of environmental trigger."

Idiopathic autism refers to a type of

autism exhibited when no specific underlying cause can be determined.

The results of the study reveal that the

administered dosages altered the genetic pathways of the minnows. The

altered pathways are the same as the genetic pathways associated with

those of idiopathic autism spectrum disorders in humans.

While there are a host of environmental

triggers that could cause idiopathic autism, research has not been able

to conclusively identify any.

“No one says anything about

pharmaceuticals,†says Dr. . “We don’t really know how much is in

our drinking water."

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at relatively high concentrations—our concentrations were substantially

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