Research suggests that early exposure to air pollution may have wide-ranging negative effects<\/p>\n
A new study from the University of Pittsburghsuggests that exposure to fine particulate air pollution from pregnancy up and through the first two years of childhood may be linked with developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD).<\/p>\n
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Graduate School of Public Health conducted \u201ca population-based, case-control study\u201d of families living in southwestern Pennsylvania, which included children with and without ASD, reports Science Daily.<\/p>\n
The research team was then able to estimate an individual\u2019s exposure to specific categories of air pollution based on where their mothers lived before, during and after pregnancy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is increasing and compelling evidence that points to associations between Pittsburgh\u2019s poor air quality and health problems, especially those affecting our children and including issues such as autism spectrum disorder and asthma,\u201d said Grant Oliphant, president of the Heinz Endowments, which funded the research project.<\/p>\n
However, the members of the study stressed that their findings \u201creflect an association\u201d but does not ultimately prove causality.<\/p>\n
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Source: Time.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Research suggests that early exposure to air pollution may have wide-ranging negative effects A new study from the University of Pittsburghsuggests that exposure to fine particulate air pollution from pregnancy up and through the first two years of childhood may be linked with developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Graduate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":118379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[15],"yoast_head":"\n