The researchers said the study is the first to link genetics and epigenetics with exposure to a flame retardant chemical. The research was conducted in the offspring of mice genetically engineered for the autism phenotype found in Rett syndrome, a disorder that occurs primarily in females and causes regression in expressive language, motor skills and social reciprocity in late infancy. The condition affects about 1 in 10,000 children.
The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism
- Abortions - (Prior abortions increase risk of autism in subsequent children)
- Air Pollution (Mercury in air pollution = more autism)
- Anti-Depressants (Mom on autism = more autism)
- Birth Weight HIGH (more weight = more autism. Related, see big head.)
- Birth Weight LOW (less weight = more autism)
- Brain size (Bigger brains = more autism)
- Brain Cells (Too many neurons = more autism)
- Cell phones (More cell phones = more autism)
- Clever Parents (Smart parents = more autism)
- Clomid (Clomid = more autism, see IVF)
- Closely Spaced Births (Born soon after sibling = more autism)
- Complications at Birth (Catch all, any complication = more autism)
- Father’s age (older dad = more autism)
- Flame retardant chemical (exposure to flame retardant BDE-47 linked to autism)
- Genetic (squirrely genes = more autism)
- Highways (Mom lives near freeway = autism twice as likely)
- Internet (Increased Internet usage = more autism)
- IVF (Invitro Fertilization) - (IVF = More autism)
- Lead (More lead exposure = more autism)
- Lyme Disease (linked to autism)
- Metabolism (Poor metabolism = more autism)
- Missing DNA (missing DNA in boys = more autism)
- Mother’s age (older mom = more autism)
- Neanderthals (Evolution vaguely linked to autism)
- Pasteurized Milk (Pasteurization = more autism)
- Pesticides (More pesticides = more autism)
- Premature birth (Premature baby = more autism)
- Rainfall (higher precipitation areas = more autism)
- Smoking (Mom smoking during pregnancy = more autism)
- Television (More TV watching = more autism)
- Tylenol (More Tylenol = more autism)
- Vinyl Flooring (House with vinyl flooring = more autism)
- Winter Conception (Mom and Dad get busy in the Winter = more autism)
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