Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Autism risk linked to particulate air pollution

A child plays with soap bubbles at an event to support autistic children and their families in a park in Kiev NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of fine particulate pollution in late pregnancy have up to twice the risk of developing autism as children of mothers breathing cleaner air, scientists at Harvard School of Public Health reported on Thursday. The greater the exposure to fine particulates emitted by fires, vehicles, and industrial smokestacks the greater the risk, found the study, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. ...








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