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Peanut Allergy Rise Worries Environmentalists

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer allergen, allergies, allergy, GE, genetic engineering, genetically, genetically modified organism, genetics, glysophate, GMO, nut, peanut, peanut allergy, Roundup, vaccination, vaccine, vaccines

Do scientists think there’s a big environmental component to the huge rise in peanut allergy cases in the U.S. and beyond in recent years?

Alysson Muotri at the University of California San Diego Department of Pediatrics is using teeth analysis to identify gene abnormalities in children with autism, even in cases with no previous known genetic cause. Credit: Kris Krüg for PopTech (FlickrCC)

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What environmental factors are contributing to the autism epidemic?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer air pollution, Alysson Muotri, autism, Autism Speaks, autistic, CDC, Chlorpyrifos, exposure, genetic, Harvard, in utero, increase, predisposition, pregnancy, pregnant, prevalence, School of Public Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccines

Dear EarthTalk: What is the latest thinking on the environmental causes (if any) of autism? I hear so much conflicting information I don’t know what to believe.    —Bill Stribling, Austin, TX                         In the 1980s, about one in 2,000 American kids was diagnosed with autism. […]

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