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Autism and DDT: What one million pregnancies can — and can’t — reveal

Analysis finds that prenatal exposure to the pesticide is associated with a higher risk of severe autism with intellectual impairment.
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Mothers with high levels of the pesticide DDT in their blood during pregnancy are more likely to bear children who develop autism, according to a study of blood samples from more than one million pregnant women in Finland.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05994-1

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