First biomarker evidence of DDT-autism link

“The investigators found the odds of autism with intellectual disability in offspring were increased by greater than twofold for the mother’s DDE levels in the top quartile. For the overall sample of autism cases, the odds were nearly one-third higher…”

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Alan S. Brown et al. Association of Maternal Insecticide Levels With Autism in Offspring From a National Birth CohortAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17101129