Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Mercury and developmental disabilities

If mercury plays any role in developmental disabilities, the rate of disability should relate to any reliable direct measure of contamination. The current research focuses on one index of environmental mercury contamination. Specifically, mercury-related fish advisories are found to be a surprisingly strong predictor of a state’s autism rate, r = 0.48, p < 0.001. The relationship remains strong after controlling for student to teacher ratio and per pupil spending.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_h3LQ-jb0t9ZjZEdFNaYTZENzA

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