Do Toxins Cause Autism?
by LaVonne on 28/02/10 at 11:58 am
by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Autism was first identified in 1943 in an obscure medical journal. Since then it has become a frighteningly common affliction, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting recently that autism disorders now affect almost 1 percent of children. Over recent decades, other development disorders also appear to have proliferated, along with certain [...]
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