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Chemicals in mom's blood during pregnancy — like those from old electronics or non-stick pans — don’t seem to affect the chances of having a child with autism or intellectual disability, based on how much of them were in the blood.

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Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

Case-Control Study
Human
2019 May

The study looked at 25 chemicals in pregnant women’s blood and found that higher levels didn’t increase the chances of their child having autism or intellectual disability, which supports the claim.

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Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability

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DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000983

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