Toxic Baby Bottles leach chemicals & Autism/Asperger???

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http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/re ... by-bottles

Okay, Here's a link to an aritcle on baby bottles leaching toxic levels of chemicals from the plastic.

I think, because the United States is running the highest levels of autism, that there is a link.

I believe the US promotes the use of baby bottles...unlike other countries.

What are your thoughts?

I believe that there are many chemicals we encounter that can exascerbate AS, but the root cause is genetic. The chemicals that plastic leaching exposes us to are endocrine disruptors, and so far there has been no sign of a link with AS, but they are still something to be avoided. But no one knows one way or the other because not enough research has been done, and is desperately needed.

The leaching of chemicals from plastic is also a world wide problem.

FIGURES! I had a teacher that tried to make us believe she knew EVERYTHING! I actually happen to know a LOT about 4 areas she clamed to, so I can tell you she didn't. Anyway, somehow the subject came out about a baby bottle she bought. LEAD CRYSTAL, and it looked like a BABY BOTTLE! It actually had a WARNING that it was not to be used for feeding babies, because of possible lead contamination!

UNREAL! Items these days often have a "Disclaimer of merchantability". In other words, on items they SELL, they state that they do not claim it can be or should be sold! What idiot thought THAT one up!?!?!?

Steve

That study came out of California? Go figure! Look, there's something in the water out there that makes people blame every problem on immunizations and baby bottles. Fact of the matter is we're born with it. Maybe it makes it worse, but look at it like this: my brother was given the same shots, and fed from the same baby bottles as I was. He is an NT. I have AS.

This poll won't tell us anything unless we find out what percentage of people in the general population of the countries where we're all from were bottle-fed.

My mother bottle fed two children, breastfed one. Me.

At 4 weeks of age, all hell broke loose, and I started screaming and did not stop for 7 months! My older sister said it was the most humilating time of her life!

I was diagnosed with an "imature nervous system". Go figure, the pieces all these years later start to fit together!

Anyway, I am sure I have AS. I am sure my mother has AS. My bottle fed sisters do not. (Although they have shown some Autistic Traits).

It sounds like a white bread theory to me. 85% of criminals ate white bread the morning prior to commiting their "crimes". Therefore, white bread makes people do criminal acts.

In this case, the US has the highest ratio of bottle feeding, and the highest level of DX for Autisim in the population. Therefore, there must be a corrolation.

Not true at all.

However, I would think that toxins in the system could aggravate any nurological condition. They need to stop it with these bottles!

it's not just that baby bottles leak chemicals.... plastic in general.

so just because you don't persoanlly bottle-feed yourself... don't think you aren't subject to this kind of toxic leakage from plastic.

i work with some plankton and while we can't transport them from the coast to our lab in glass containers... anytime we get a new plastic carboy (huge 7 gallon plastic container) to use for trasport, we have to spend several days de-toxicing them; forcing them to leak as many chemicals as we can and then we rinse them for several days in distilled water.

all plastic has some nasty stuff in it... right down to your tupperware.

so it's everywhere not just baby bottles

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In this case, the US has the highest ratio of bottle feeding, and the highest level of DX for Autisim in the population. Therefore, there must be a corrolation.

Not true at all.

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yeah correlation does not = causation

Neurotoxins would probably have the greatest impact on Aspies. Many are known, like mercury, but most chemicals have never been tested for this toxic effect as its not a part of the registration process. But just mercury alone, all the dental fillings in every one's mouth. Thats just one source of exposure. When one looks at all the chemicals we are exposed to and carry around with us already as a body burden, its staggering. But I think that we are born with this AS thing, making us have an acutely sensitive and a bit out of whack neuro process from birth. And different environmental aspects make it much worse.

YIKES! Part of my AORTA is now made out of a bisphenol based plastic!

Steve

why? Maybe it should be tied to what country the person comes from? However, I only want to know if you were bottle fed or not....I'm interested in a direct causal effect. If I add more choices, the facts become distorted. However, if we get right down to it, it's not a true statistical tool because it's dependent upon who looks at this post and it's only on world planet. Okay....now, would i have been able to say all that in person, in an "ad hoc" environment? Nope, I have asperger's...damn.

There are contributing genetic cuases (such as fragile X) in most developmental brain disorders that can be isolated. Autism/asperger's does not have that....as of yet...

Its not just biphenol A you want to worry about - PET (polyethylene something) bottles leach heavy metal antimony.