NaturalNews.com published an article today about rising rates of autism and the debate about whether the disease is caused by genetics or environmental factors:
[T]he genetic link to autism holds some value in our greater understanding of this unfortunate disease. However, it does not explain why autism has increased dramatically since the 1980s. Nor do improvements in diagnosis. Rather, the marked increase in autism coincides with increased obesity, ADHD, heart disease, cancer, depression and a host of other diseases associated with modern lifestyles in industrial societies. Our water, air, food and household items are polluted with hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals from pesticides, preservatives, synthetic fertilizers, and the like. We are swimming in toxins, and mercury is the cruelest among them.
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