Fwd: [Immune] UC Study: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?)

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From: HEALTHTo: BADILLO9Sent: 1/10/2009 2:49:08 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: Re: [immune] UC Study: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?)

UC Study: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/uc-davis-study-autism- is_b_156153.htmlHere are a few excerpts:"...A new study out of UC ' MIND Institute says that it's time to abandon science's long, expensive, and not very fruitful quest to find the gene or genes that cause autism alone, without any environmental triggers.""'We're looking at the possible effects of metals, pesticides and infectious agents on neurodevelopment...If we're going to stop the rise in autism in California, we need to keep these studies going and expand them to the extent possible.'""The UC Study, funded in part by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) found that the rate of autism among six-year-olds in California mushroomed from less than 9 per 10,000 among the 1990 birth cohort, to more than 44 per 10,000 for kids born in 2000. This increase, 'cannot be explained by either changes in how the condition is diagnosed or counted...and the trend shows no sign of abating.' (It is important to keep in mind that almost every child born in 2000 would have received many vaccines that contained the mercury preservative thimerosal, which was not completely phased out of most - but not all - childhood vaccines until at least 2003.) Of the 600-to-700 percent increase in autism reported in California between 1990 and 2000, fewer than 10 percent were due to the inclusion of milder cases...while only 24 percent could be attributed to earlier age at diagnosis."**************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002)A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!