Diagnoses of autism are increasing
and more researchers are concluding that environmental causes are contributing
in significant ways to the rising diagnoses. Environmental injuries that are
suspected to play a role in autism include DNA damage, primarily in the form of
de novo mutations, epigenetic changes in how genes encode proteins, and
endocrine system disturbances. The environmental culprits potentially
responsible for these injuries are varied. This mini-essay seeks to redress a
limitation in the autism research on environmental insults by exploring the
potential role of radioisotopes, such as strontium and radiocesium, in
contributing to rising rates of autism.
Many have suspected since the onset of the atomic age that there would be a price to pay. Very interesting article here.
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