Las Vegas Sun Reports: CDC Admits Autism is Environmental

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Las Vegas Sun Reports: CDC Admits Autism is Environmental

Managing Editor's Note:  Thank you to Marshall  of the Las Vegas Sun for

this article in which Dr. Rice, Director of the CDC's National Center

for Birth Defects states that vaccines and other environmental insults are

possible causes of autism.  I think the genetics only crowd and vaccine

deniers' luck is running out, don't you? Please click HERE  

<http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/20/another-autism-mystery-rise-cases/>

to read the full article at the Las Vegas Sun.  You can thank Mr.. for

running this article HERE.  

<http://www.lasvegassun.com/staff/marshall-allen/contact/> Please do. Kim

So are there more autistic children, or is the broadening definition causing

more children to be classified as autistic?

It’s impossible to say for sure, Rice said. Awareness of autism is increasing,

which leads to more effective identification, but it’s also possible that

it’s increasing. Even with the more inclusive definition, the number of

autistic children seems to be on the rise, Rice said.

It’s not known what causes autism.

Researchers say environmental factors could contribute to the onset of the

disorders. Studies have linked autism to air pollutants, pesticides, pet

medications and even drugs used in the birthing process, such as Pitosin, Rice

said.

“It could be anything from the exposures in our physical surroundings —

chemicals around us in homes, clothes, products, medications we take and food we

eat,†Rice said.

Rice said the recognition that environmental factors play a role in causing

autism shows that there is common ground in the debate about whether vaccines

play a role in the disorders.

 

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" 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