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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 233743" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Marg, it's not just perceived, at least in our country.</p><p> </p><p>U.S. sources report that 1-in-4 kids is autistic. That is an epidemic.</p><p> </p><p>I humbly beg to differ with-you. I think we have MORE toxins in the environment. You are far too trusting of regulatory agencies. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p> </p><p>We have a lot more pharmaceuticals being produced and sent into the waste system now. They are considered "emerging contaminants." Here's one of many articles you can Google, but I chose this one because it was a scientific test. <a href="http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/pharmaceuticals_method.html" target="_blank">http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/pharmaceuticals_method.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Some of the water is recirculated, and some of it goes into the fish and fowl, which we eat. In many places, it is illegal now to add hormones to chickens so we've gotten over that, but it's already in a lot of the feed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>We have also had plastics in the environment for many yrs now and they have proven to be not only carcinogenic, but many of them mimic hormones. Again, lots of hits online but I chose only one:</p><p><a href="http://www.ehhi.org/reports/plastics/" target="_blank">http://www.ehhi.org/reports/plastics/</a></p><p> </p><p>At any rate, since autism is neurological, and U.S. sources report that 1-in-4 kids is autistic, there has got to be something in the environment that is either making the latent genes express themselves, or in some cases, causing it altogether.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, dxs are better. Far, far superior to what we had even 20 yrs ago. And yes, there is a genetic component. The other issue is, some outward effects of autism, specifically, Asperger's, are acceptable and desirable in society, and may have flown under the radar for that reason. Sometimes it pays, literally, to be obessive-compulsive. And maybe there is a genetic component to being a workaholic. It certainly promotes survival, from an evolutionary point of view. Maybe we're just being too soft and romantic and making more demands on ourselves, from a personal level.</p><p>Maybe.</p><p> </p><p>With time and research, particularly in regard to DNA and genetics in general, many of these questions will be answered. But for us to turn a blind eye to the world around us and what we have done to our environment, is, in my opinion, wearing blinders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 233743, member: 3419"] Marg, it's not just perceived, at least in our country. U.S. sources report that 1-in-4 kids is autistic. That is an epidemic. I humbly beg to differ with-you. I think we have MORE toxins in the environment. You are far too trusting of regulatory agencies. :) We have a lot more pharmaceuticals being produced and sent into the waste system now. They are considered "emerging contaminants." Here's one of many articles you can Google, but I chose this one because it was a scientific test. [URL]http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/pharmaceuticals_method.html[/URL] Some of the water is recirculated, and some of it goes into the fish and fowl, which we eat. In many places, it is illegal now to add hormones to chickens so we've gotten over that, but it's already in a lot of the feed. :( We have also had plastics in the environment for many yrs now and they have proven to be not only carcinogenic, but many of them mimic hormones. Again, lots of hits online but I chose only one: [URL]http://www.ehhi.org/reports/plastics/[/URL] At any rate, since autism is neurological, and U.S. sources report that 1-in-4 kids is autistic, there has got to be something in the environment that is either making the latent genes express themselves, or in some cases, causing it altogether. Of course, dxs are better. Far, far superior to what we had even 20 yrs ago. And yes, there is a genetic component. The other issue is, some outward effects of autism, specifically, Asperger's, are acceptable and desirable in society, and may have flown under the radar for that reason. Sometimes it pays, literally, to be obessive-compulsive. And maybe there is a genetic component to being a workaholic. It certainly promotes survival, from an evolutionary point of view. Maybe we're just being too soft and romantic and making more demands on ourselves, from a personal level. Maybe. With time and research, particularly in regard to DNA and genetics in general, many of these questions will be answered. But for us to turn a blind eye to the world around us and what we have done to our environment, is, in my opinion, wearing blinders. [/QUOTE]
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