Everything Causes Autism (Or So it Seems)
May 8, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
“In psychology, I’m starting to get the weary feeling that everything gives you mental illness,” quips Williams Saletan in the May 7th Slate on Human Nature. Saletan references the recent study which found that parents who have psychiatric disorders are doubly at risk to have an autistic child (while also citing another study according to which “adoption can double a child’s risk of disruptive behavior disorder“). Have to say, I’m starting to feel that everything can give a person autism.
What hasn’t been cited as a cause of autism?
To Donald:
Flouride occurs naturally in water. In some areas, that flouride is excessive. That was how scientists were able to determine in the first place that there was a correlation between flouride and protection against tooth decay.
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/fluoride/fluoride_qld_aus.asp
Children who live in those areas where there is *excessive* naturally-occurring flouride in the water are doing fine, except that they have brown discoloration on their teeth. Don’t you think someone would have noticed if all autistic children had brown spots on their teeth???
What’s more; artificial flouridation of public water supplies is never concentrated enough to even cause brown spots. It sure wouldn’t cause autism.
Just to clarify: I’m not much of a rice eater these days.
Kristina I was not thinking about these days I was thinking more about 12 or 13 years ago when I belive most of the damage is done in the first 21 months. First the Lead and arsenic then the thimerosal before it was taken out and last you have the shots [3 or 4 in one package]. How do they know for sure that two may not cancel one of the others out. Because a lot of people say that they got vaccinate but they got one of the things that the vaccine was for. So would it to much to ask to split them up.
Larry; That site was intesting did you read all of sub titles. I liked the one titled unsure about fluoride. On this site they say there are three kinds of fluorides. lookfor diierence between natural fluoride and artifical fluoride. Try http://www.fannz.org.nz/faq.php. You will see there is sodium and calcium then the kind that they put in are water. May that the CDC say not give a new born fluoridated in any form tell they get there first because the treeth will come in with brown spots.
I just seen a blog that talked about a chelation treament to remove the heavy metals from the bodies of childern with autism, then the question is where did the heavy metals come from and what metals are they talking about. How much heavy metal could you get from appox. 12 shots. So if any one has a idea it would be nice to hear about it.