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Taking Iron During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding May Lower Autism Risk

September 22, 2014

Study suggests women taking highest amounts have half the risk of those taking lowest; more study needed to confirm and assure safety

autism research, autism studies, breastfeeding and autism, CHARGE, environmental risk factors for autism, MIND Institute, Paul Wang, prenatal iron and autism, prenatal nutrition and autism, prenatal risk factors for autism, prenatal vitamins and autism, University of California-Davis, young children

More Evidence Linking Pesticide Exposure to Autism

June 23, 2014

Autism more common among children whose moms lived near treated fields during pregnancy; experts redouble advice to avoid exposure

Alycia Halladay, autism, autism and pesticides, autism research, Autism Speaks, autism study, CHARGE, Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment, environmental risk factors for autim, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, UC-Davis MIND Institute

Gene Change Plus Prenatal Exposure to Pollution Ups Autism Risk

December 02, 2013

Study documents first clear example of long-suspected gene-environment interactions in the development of autism

Alycia Halladay, autism, autism gene, autism research, Autism Speaks, Autism Spectrum, CHARGE, Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment, Daniel Campbell, environmental factors in autism initiative, Environmental Risk Factors, gene-environment interactions, Heather Volk, University of Southern California

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