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Air pollution emerges as critical environmental risk factor for autism, emerging topic review finds (www.eurekalert.org)
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The timing of exposure appears crucial, with heightened vulnerability during prenatal development and early childhood when critical neurodevelopmental processes occur.

The research suggests that individuals with genetic predisposition to ASD may be more vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution exposure

The implications extend beyond individual health to public policy. How might cities need to adapt their urban planning to protect vulnerable populations? What role could air quality monitoring play in prenatal care?

Actually I don't see why anything would be done to orevent development of autism, when not much was done for all the already known damage that actual urban development cause

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I really want to see studies of the percentage of autistic children born in urban areas versus rural areas.

Despite this shady website, I have heard this theory before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've also heard it before. In the Netherlands there is a city with unusually high amounts of autism, it is also where Philips is located. The company used to have enormous factories and around 100k employees which is a lot for the Netherlands, especially back in 1970. Of course, the pollution from the factories might have an effect, but importing engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts from all around the country to move into their company towns might have an effect too.