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southern MN | >>>>>. California is one of only a few states in the U.S. where agricultural pesticide use is rigorously reported and mapped. For the new study, the researchers used those maps to track exposures during pregnancy for the mothers of 970 children.
The children included 486 with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 168 with a developmental delay and 316 with typical development.
Developmental delay, in which children take extra time to reach communication, social or motor skills milestones, affects about four percent of U.S. kids, the authors write. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in 68 children has an ASD, also marked by deficits in social interaction and language.
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So typically 4 out of 100 have autism.
And less than 2 of 100 have developmental delay.
Or less than 6 out of 100.
And we are to understand they hand picked a test group in which over 60 out of 100 had one of the afflictions?
Seems like an odd setup for a comparative test.
As they say more study needs to be done, I would guess when they get their grants, and this test, as they said, proved nothing at all?
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pesticided linked to health problems?
