Ultrasounds contributing to autism?!

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On the news this week:

Grrrrr... thanks for nothing, MUM!

I'm curious about a few points in the study.

I read in another article that they focused on women who began taking folic acid a few weeks prior to becoming pregnant.

That strikes me as meaning that they found a lower risk of autism in the children of mothers who were more conscious and conscientious about health.

That's interesting - however it would also suggest that there is a higher rate of Autism in countries with lower levels of access to health care, and within lower income families for reasons of affordability of folic acid. It also then opens the debate as to whether ethnicity is also a factor. Having a quick poke around a few studies, it does seem that there is a trend which indicates that Caucasian males are at highest risk, with African females making up the other end of the scale. I think that the conclusion that can be (albeit very rapidly) drawn from this is that in relation to folic acid, and being that there are also direct correlation between race and wealth in both the global village and individual countries, is that if the rich white folks didn't take folic acid, there would be a whole lot more aspies around.

I heard that dihydrogen monoxide consumption during pregnancy is correlated with autism.

Research suggest that the correlation with dihydrogen monoxide and autism can not be shown to accurately effect statistical models as dihydrogen monoxide is a critical compound required by all know carbon based life forms including homo sapiens, who consume it in large quantities, however, survey of the effects of other compounds in suspension within dihydrogen monoxide have not been done. This excludes the survey into pteroylmonoglutamic acid taken alongside dihydrogen monoxide, which showed a reduction in the occurence of autism.

Unfortunately, dihydrogen monoxide consumption is also correlated with all known ailments except dehydration, and everyone who consumes this dangerous compound during their lives will die.