Prenatal and Early-Life Pesticide Exposures Associated with Increased Autism Risk and Severity
A multidisciplinary research team including epidemiologists, bio-statisticians, and neurologists has identified a link between prenatal and infant pesticide exposure and increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for residents of California’s Central Valley. The UCLA-based team started with a database of almost 3,000 people with a diagnosis of ASD born between 1998-2010 in eight […]