FW: [abmd] Mercury & Autism - Mercury, lead, and zinc in baby teeth of children ...[J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2007]

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>From: " Clifford G. " <cgmiller@cliffordmi

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So who says mercury has nothing to do with autism? Take a look at this

paper, which shows a direct relationship.

<javascript:AL_get(this, 'jour', 'J Toxicol Environ Health A.');>J Toxicol

Environ Health A. 2007 Jun;70(12):1046-51.

Mercury, lead, and zinc in baby teeth of children with autism versus

controls.

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el.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Romdalvik J,

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nel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Ramanujam VM,

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l.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Legator MS.

Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe,

Arizona, USA.

This study determined the level of mercury, lead, and zinc in baby teeth of

children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 15, age 6.1 +/- 2.2 yr) and

typically developing children (n = 11, age = 7 +/- 1.7 yr). Children with

autism had significantly (2.1-fold) higher levels of mercury but similar

levels of lead and similar levels of zinc. Children with autism also had

significantly higher usage of oral antibiotics during their first 12 mo of

life, and possibly higher usage of oral antibiotics during their first 36

mo of life. Baby teeth are a good measure of cumulative exposure to toxic

metals during fetal development and early infancy, so this study suggests

that children with autism had a higher body burden of mercury during

fetal/infant development. Antibiotic use is known to almost completely

inhibit excretion of mercury in rats due to alteration of gut flora. Thus,

higher use of oral antibiotics in the children with autism may have reduced

their ability to excrete mercury, and hence may partially explain the

higher level in baby teeth. Higher usage of oral antibiotics in infancy may

also partially explain the high incidence of chronic gastrointestinal

problems in individuals with autism.

PMID: 17497416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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