The highest concentrations of mercury in autistic children do not

Despite the speculation that autistic children have higher concentrations of mercury in their blood, which we recently discovered that children with autism, mercury levels that are very similar to those of non-autistic children have, suggesting that the mysterious illness because from a variety of factors, not just weapons, "a smoking," conclude the researchers.

The research team from the University of California, Davis first of all that had children aged between 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. with autism, mercury levels were lower than other children because they are less fish to eat is the largest source of mercury is happening in our blood. However, if the data were adjusted to reduce the consumption of fish, blood concentrations of mercury, number of children with autism were more or less similar to those of children who were developing normally. Autistic children also have mercury levels that are consistent with national standards.

The survey results, which were published online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, comes at a time when lawyers, including parents of children with autism, such as mercury in fish, vaccines, dental fillings and industrial emissions are responsible for autism. This debate has been strongly reported more months after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that autism is more common than previously thought, affecting about one of 91 children, a child in 58th

IRVA Hertz-Picciotto, the researcher who led the study, said: "It is time to abandon the idea that a single smoking gun will be created to explain why so many children develop autism. How Autism is complex, with large differences in severity and presentation, it is likely that their cases will be found equally complex.

Autism refers to a broad spectrum of disorders, severe and profound intellectual disabilities, to communicate the symptoms are relatively mild. The area of autism research should support an important contribution to the capital plan by President Barack Obama at a cost of 5 billion U.S. dollars to the scientific and medical research.

The activists have also noted that had the University of California study did not know whether the concentrations of mercury can cause autism, because the level of the child were measured in blood of children diagnosed with the disease. Sallie Bernard, executive director of the interest group Security Minds, said: "The results of this study in view of the limited set or a connection between mercury exposure and autism or severity of causality.

Vaccines with mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal have been accused by some parents as a possible cause of autism, although many studies and reports from the Institute of Medicine found a link yet.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis saw some 452 children, including 249 who suffer from autism, 60 had other developmental disorders, including Down syndrome and 143 children without disorders. The researchers also studied a variety of sources of mercury to remove, including the products to the wax, fish, vaccines, nasal sprays and dental fillings were made of mercury-based amalgam.

Autism researchers are always on the lookout for a variety of environmental factors such as food, household goods, food supplements, medical treatments and infections. Other recent studies have also found strong evidence for several genetic causes, which have to do with autism.

Hertz-Picciotto said: "The evidence to date suggests that, irrespective of both genetic predisposition and environmental factors, history remains unfinished. Only a few studies, however, pursue this kind of multi-layered approach."