Alcohol Study has Wrong Message

Recently, a study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome stated that babies of mothers who were light drinkers were not at a greater risk than other children. However, the medial reported differently. They stated that the light drinking could be beneficial to some children because there was no difference in their development by the time they turned three.

The problem with the study is that the children examined were only from a high socioeconomic group and these children (as reported) tend to do better developmentally than children from a lower economic group.

Additionally, the adverse effects of light drinking is subtle, unlike the effects of heavy drinking.