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Autism and early exposure to traffic pollution linked
 
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
Mon Nov 26 2012 7:03 PM
In a finding that points to a link between environmental toxins and autism, a new study shows that children who were exposed to the highest levels of traffic-related air pollution during gestation and in early infancy were three times more likely to be diagnosed with the neurodevelopmental disorder than were those whose early exposure to such pollutants was very low.

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