What You Are NOT Being Told About Autism

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Autism is a diagnosis no parent wants to hear. As of today, a particular definite cause has not been found for autism; however, it is believed by many within the scientific world that this issue is brought on by abnormalities in the brain structure and function. There have been a fair number of studies pointing to theories that children are exposed to something in the womb that causes this issue. Although the exact cause remains unknown, some researchers have come to the conclusion that irregular segments of a person’s genetic code could be to blame.

However, in just the last decade, there has been some emerging information that has never been considered before. Although the root cause has yet to be discovered, many scientists are coming to the conclusion that it’s our modern day lifestyle that might actually be to blame.

Since many researchers believe that triggers begin while the child is still forming in the womb, recent findings suggest that environment is one of the most influential predictors for the development of autism. They aren’t referring to vaccines, but rather, environmental toxins, like pesticides, that the mother is exposed to.

You won’t hear about these things from your doctor, but we are going to discuss these possibilities here and why scientists believe this might be the case.

A Professor of Genetic Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, Dr. Rzhetsky, has stated that some of these small molecules essentially alter what should be normal brain development. The journal PLOS Computational Biology published one of Dr. Rzhetsky’s studies that found that intellectual disabilities and autism rates can be directly linked to exposure to toxic environmental factors during fetal development. Researchers considered the data on one third of the population of the US and 21 other countries. Researchers found that medications, lead, aluminum, mercury, and miscellaneous pesticides all cause serious developmental problems for the fetus. These toxins were also found to be related to congenital malformation of the male genitalia, which has also been strongly linked with autism. This is just one of the many studies that should be a sign to the medical community to take preventive measures if we truly hope to fight autism.

Let’s face the facts. There is some reason why, just in the US, the rates of autism have climbed from 1 in every 10,000 children back in 1981 to one in every 68 children in 2014. It’s time to stop pointing fingers and blaming vaccines and start looking at the environment.

Every day we are affected by neurodevelopmental toxins such as lead, mercury brominated flame retardants, polychlorinated diphenyl, and pesticides, just to name a few. When you look at this long list of the toxins, it’s easy to see how these things can happen.

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One Comment

  1. CRLH

    Feb 27, 2018 at 10:38 am

    I also listened to a webinar where the doctor spoke about allowing any child under 10 to be playing, using or exposed to cellphones, tablets and overtime on watching TV has led to a different type of autism – electronics are not healthy even for adults. Nevertheless, if TV reduced to just 1 hr. a day and no other electronics allowed in their little hands that within 6 mos. this type of autism disappears and they are back to normal. Many people are sick from electronic (electrospam) exposure and don’t know why they are sick or feel punk. We are electric and allowing more outside electricity to enter the system = sickness and not using a stylus or pods or Blue Tooth also leads to further damage to the body, and allowing a cellphone to be in or near your brain, breasts or genitalia is causing a lot of sicknesses for both genders. Apparently also seen is cancer of the index and thumb from constant texting. Addiction to these electronics also causing the brain to not work as well as they may think.