We know there is a lot more work to be done.
I talked with these families in the Somalian community, we have a very large Somalian community in Minnesota.
So what you are saying is, and I will let you answer this, too, Dr. Anastas, is that it is finding that there is a diffe...
Thank you very much, and thank you for your kind words about my mom, who devoted herself to kids.
Sometimes when we are here in Washington, we don't realize that the abstract numbers... have very real implications in p...
Before we consider policy changes, we need to understand the latest science.
There is no cure for autism yet, so it is clear more research is needed.
I thought your comment at the end, Dr. Birnbaum, was something we all believe, that chemicals do affect children's devel...
So there is $29 million for research for neurodevelopmental work, and about a third of that is specifically for autism?
I don't know if you have heard about it, but the diagnosis is 1 out of 28 of their children have autism.
I got an A in high school chemistry, but then I forgot everything the next week after the test.
genetics alone cannot account for the majority of autism cases currently being diagnosed.
So pro-inflammatory, is it kind of a hyper-immune system, or it reacts a lot?
So if we could just write you a blank check right now, which sadly we can't, what would you most, if you could just cond...
I get that.
That kind of large birth cohort study, like the National Children's Study, I think is going to be an essential part of u...
I think concerted studies of specific populations will give you valuable answers that could lead to mitigation of autism...
I talked about FEMA and what appeared to be--and I think it is hard to argue with the perception that there was cronyism...