Increased rainfall, or something linked to it, may be connected to the development of autism, scientists say.
The theory is based on child health and weather records from three US states, California, Oregon, and Washington but has been greeted cautiously by a UK research charity. The US study found autism rates were higher among children whose states experienced higher rainfall in their first three years.
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Source: The work appears in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(11):1026-1034
