What is autism? Autism spectrum disorder or (ASD) is a complex disorder of brain development. Symptoms are identified by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S and that may be due to the chemicals put into our food that timmerman mentions such as arsenic and other pesticides.
In my last blog post I discussed the chemicals injected into our food and the fda, I stated that if they do not do their job, as they should, they are putting many lives at risk of disease and death. As I predicted based on the information timmerman provided us with this disease has become more frequent in children throughout the united states. In 2012 one in sixty-six children were diagnosed with autism, the statistic has risen to "one in eighty-eight"(timmerman).
The cause for such a drastic increase in the statistic ,like anything else in the book, lies within the food we consume daily. In the most simple scientific term autism is due to a genetic mutation, this mutation can be caused by a multitude of reason however the chemicals in the food have become the main reason. Before a child is born they have no choice but to trust their mother, that is their life source ,for the first nine months they feed off of her, without realizing she not only consumes this dangerous unhealthy produce for herself but her child as well which in turn affects their development.
Children and babies are the most vulnerable, they have to accept what they are given as a meal. Instead of really looking into what they feed their children most parents just go with what is convenient and I feel as though that method has proven itself useless considering the effects its had on people in the united states.
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