I thought your comment at the end, Dr. Birnbaum, was something we all believe, that chemicals do affect children's development and their brain.
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...
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 get that.
So there is $29 million for research for neurodevelopmental work, and about a third of that is specifically for autism?
Before we consider policy changes, we need to understand the latest science.