Environment factors

A small dose of Toxology - "Learn About the Health Effects Common Chemicals"

Apr 13, 2009, Children living near Superfund ("toxic waste") sites are more likely to be autistic. [Source: Environmental Health News, www.environmentalhealthnews.org]

This is an anti-GM foods website... "You may have heard the FDA and food industry claims that genetically modified (GM) foods are safe, properly tested, and necessary to feed a hungry world. UNTRUE! Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are one of the most dangerous and radical changes to our food supply. These largely unregulated ingredients found in 60-70% of the foods in the US, are well worth the effort to avoid them.".

Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, household chemicals [Scientific American, Jan 2009].

Swedish children who live in homes with vinyl floors are more likely to have autism, according to a new study, but what's behind the link is unclear. ... Experts suspect that genetic and environmental factors combine to cause autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that has increased dramatically in children over the past 20 years. [reported in Scientific American, Mar 31st 2009].

Autism is a complex disorder with many contributing factors and there is some belief that that environmental factors are the key factors triggering this devastating epidemic (ARI).

The mission of Grassroots Environmental Education is to educate the public about the links between common environmental exposures and human health. Are these common exposures really enough to make us sick? The evidence is mounting, but scientific certainty may be decades away.