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Research by Topic: air pollution
Podcast: Why the Environmental Protection Agency is important for autism
Published March 26, 2018On this week’s podcast, highlights of a new study led by Dr. Amy Kalkbrenner of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee published in Environmental Health Perspectives—certain air pollutants from cars and coal burning plants were associated with autism risk and severity. This scientific evidence supports policies which keep U.S. Environmental Protection Agency infrastructure intact to monitor […]
Filed under: air pollution, Amy Kalkbrenner, Autism, clean air, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, featured, podcast, research, risk, science, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Those “brains in a dish” are not enough to study autism
Published July 27, 2015This week on the ASF podcast, we talk to @drdgsmith from Autism Speaks about the new study which turns skin cells into brain cells. It iis fascinating and important, but is not sufficient to study the brains of people with autism. Hear more on www.asfpodcast.org
Filed under: air pollution, Autism, brains, featured, Genetics, in vitro, review