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Reuters: Another autism study.

Study turns up 10 autism clusters in California. “In one, her team plans to collect dust samples from the homes of 1,300 families with autistic children to look for common chemicals, such as flame retardants, that might be playing a role.”  I don’t know about you, but I walk into a department store, and the smell of flame retardants makes me lightheaded. Can’t stay in too long. The smell is incredible, once you’re aware of it.

When my family took care of newborn orphans, the first thing we’d do with new clothes is wash them in hot water with harsh soap to get the stuff out.  It was a source of unexplained rashes in many a newborn, until the foster parent circle wised up.

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