Traffic pollution tied to autism risk: study

Well, what do you expect when you dig up chemicals that have been buried beneath the surface of the earth for hundreds of millions of years and then burn them in the atmosphere.
Up until 250 years ago the air was probably a lot safer to breath than it is today.

Well, what do you expect when you dig up chemicals that have been buried beneath the surface of the earth for hundreds of millions of years and then burn them in the atmosphere.
Up until 250 years ago the air was probably a lot safer to breath than it is today.

Well, what do you expect when you dig up chemicals that have been buried beneath the surface of the earth for hundreds of millions of years and then burn them in the atmosphere.
Up until 250 years ago the air was probably a lot safer to breath than it is today.

It’s past time for 15% ethanol to be available at the gas stations instead of just 10%. The less gasoline in the blend the better for our health!

If it’s bad in America, just imagine how bad it must be in large Asian cities like Bejing, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Bankok!

The psychology of the parents that live in a commuter lifestyle should be considered in this study. Parents that live in areas with higher smog levels spend more time commuting and working than with their children. Consequently, the only way these kids can get attention is to push the boundaries until the parents respond. The symptoms you see in autistic children are directly correlated to the lack of attention parents show towards their children. Think outside the box.

Will be interesting to see further results from this work particularly if it analyzes time diaries of indoor vs outdoor time of both mothers and children.

While this and other research that focus on air pollution around highways from motor vehicles, Indoor air quality can be a significant source of emissions and close chemical exposures, asthma triggers etc- especially second-hand smoke. And since most time is spent indoors, those considerations are very important and should not be an afterthought.