autism

U.S. Court battle begins: Does water fluoridation violate the Toxic Substance Control Act?

USA one of the last countries to ban the toxin from ingestion. Fluoride exposure has been linked to ADHD in children, and The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health wrote extensively about fluoride’s negative effects on the thyroid gland and a possible connection to depression, weight gain, and other negative health effects. U.S. Court battle begins: …

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Prenatal and early-life pesticide exposures associated with increased autism risk and severity

“As the authors conclude, “Our findings support the hypotheses that prenatal and infant pesticide exposures to these substances increase the risks for autism spectrum disorder, and exposures in infancy could contribute to risks for more severely impaired phenotypes with…intellectual disability.” This study is the largest of its kind to date. The co-authors end their paper …

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Will Sonoma Ban Roundup in City Parks?

Early exposure to pesticides – including glyphosate – linked to increased risk of autism

The researchers say their findings support efforts to prevent exposure to pesticides during pregnancy to protect a child’s developing brain. Experimental studies have suggested that common pesticides can affect normal brain development, and environmental exposures during early brain development are suspected to increase risk for autism spectrum disorders in children. Early exposure to pesticides – …

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What you need to know about disease and glyphosate…..thanks Big Dave & Eric for the article

Here’s a scientific article from 2 years ago about the danger of glyphosate/. http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/92/abstracts/Swanson-et-al.html There is more recent research which supports the assertions of the article Here’s the abstract, the whole article is available at the URL. Abstract A huge increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases has been reported in the United …

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