Rise in autism circumstances: Are environmental components partly accountable? | EUROtoday

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How to clarify the rise in autism circumstances in industrialised international locations in recent times? The neurodevelopmental dysfunction is partly hereditary, however the finger can be being pointed at air pollution, though no causal hyperlink has but been established. Scientists in southern France are at the moment investigating the function of environmental components in autism by following 1,700 households over 10 years. It’s a groundbreaking examine in a rustic that lags behind in autism analysis and analysis. To mark World Autism Awareness Day, FRANCE 24 went to Montpellier to satisfy one among these households. Emerald Maxwell and Sophian Aubin report.


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