New study blaming rising autism on diagnostic changes ignores environmental toxins Autism rates have risen to one in 31 children born in 2014, nearly five times higher than when CDC tracking began in 1992. A new study in JAMA Psychiatry blames broader diagnostic criteria for the surge, but Children’s Health Defense scientists argue environmental toxins are the true cause. Brian Hooker points to skyrocketing toxic loads from vaccines, acetaminophen use, and GMOs as overwhelming children’s genetic defenses. CDC data shows nearly two-thirds of autistic children now have severe intellectual disability, contradicting the over-diagnosis theory. Mainstream media used the study to…
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