https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper14885.html
New studies lend strength to the notion that environmental influences before birth play a role in the risk for the autism.
At the recent International Society for Autism Research annual conference, Marc Weisskopf of the Harvard School of Public Health presented results from a large national study, known as the Nurses’ Health Study II. The research suggested that a mother’s exposure to high levels of certain types of air pollutants, such as metals and diesel particles, increased the risk of autism by an average of 30% to 50%, compared with women who were exposed to the lowest levels.
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