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Common Plastic Additive Linked to Autism And ADHD, Scientists Discover
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BPA is used in a lot of plastics and plastic production processes, and can also be found inside food and drink cans. However,In this new study, researchers from Rowan University and Rutgers University in the US looked at three groups of children: 66 withthough: the efficiency was reduced by about 11 percent for kids with ASD and 17 percent for kids with ADHD, compared with the control group of children.

The researchers think that gene mutations in certain individuals means that BPA can't be cleared as well as it needs to be, which means the substance sticks around in the body. That potentially could cause damage in terms ofbrought on by a combination of genetic and environmental influences, and this new study brings together both of them.

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