Forest fires and mercury

[Guest guest]

Like every other parent with a mercury toxic kid, I've wondered where

the exposures came from. I knew about thimerosal, amalgams, fish,

paint, flourescent lightbulbs, batteries, coal fired plants, etc.....

but I didn't know until today about forest fires. We live on the edge

of a large forested area, and in the summer of 2001 (a few months

before my son was conceived) there was a forest fire large enough to

attract national media attention and close enough for talk of

evacuation. Based on my highly unscientific observations (and the

mommy network), it seems like our small city has a bumper crop of

little boys with asd, mostly around 4 years old.

http://mining.ubc.ca/faculty/meech/fire4nat.htm

Another exposure source for parents to consider.

René