Re:Researchers find link between plastic additive and autism...
by timmb on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:05PM
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> The percentages are confusing me, BPA intake can vary greatly - if there was a stronger link shouldn't this be much obvious just in folks with higher BPA exposure?
Presumably it’s much easier to measure someone’s ability to eliminate BPA from the bloodstream than it is to calculate how much they consumed in uteri and throughout their life.
Re:Researchers find link between plastic additive and autism...
by cma on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:08PM
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The linked metabolic conditions could be linked because of trouble clearing BPA, if it were shown causative and they were just linked without direct causation (not saying it has shown that).
Re:Researchers find link between plastic additive and autism...
by sumthingsumthng on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:18PM
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if continued, the study will result in something like "BPA intake amplifies ASD, ADHD, ..."
At least _some_ humans with "ADHD" and "ASD" (and many others) are highly sensitive. This includes their bodies and brains - and subconsciousness.
This is a small study that doesn't earn such a big subject line.
> BPA is about 10 percent less than that of control children. For a significant proportion of children with ADHD, it’s about 17 percent less.
The percentages are confusing me, BPA intake can vary greatly - if there was a stronger link shouldn't this be much obvious just in folks with higher BPA exposure?
Also there are bunch of metabolic conditions/disorders linked with autism already.
I don't understand what you would learn from such research other than "more research needed", certainly not what the headline implies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_autism#Metabolic_dis...