Autism

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Hello PA, I have not updated this thread with info re: its original assertions!!

but there are some important papers out:

http://www.news-medical.net/news/201...-in-brain.aspx

Children and adolescents with autism have surplus of synapses in brain
Published on August 22, 2014 at 2:00 AM

Children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain, and this excess is due to a slowdown in a normal brain "pruning" process during development, according to a study by neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Because synapses are the points where neurons connect and communicate with each other, the excessive synapses may have profound effects on how the brain functions. The study was published in the August 21 online issue of the journal Neuron.

A drug that restores normal synaptic pruning can improve autistic-like behaviors in mice, the researchers found, even when the drug is given after the behaviors have appeared.

"This is an important finding that could lead to a novel and much-needed therapeutic strategy for autism," said Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at CUMC and director of New York State Psychiatric Institute, who was not involved in the study.

Although the drug, rapamycin, has side effects that may preclude its use in people with autism, "the fact that we can see changes in behavior suggests that autism may still be treatable after a child is diagnosed, if we can find a better drug," said the study's senior investigator, David Sulzer, PhD, professor of neurobiology in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology at CUMC.

During normal brain development, a burst of synapse formation occurs in infancy, particularly in the cortex, a region involved in autistic behaviors; pruning eliminates about half of these cortical synapses by late adolescence. Synapses are known to be affected by many genes linked to autism, and some researchers have hypothesized that people with autism may have more synapses.

To test this hypothesis, co-author Guomei Tang, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at CUMC, examined brains from children with autism who had died from other causes. Thirteen brains came from children ages two to 9, and thirteen brains came from children ages 13 to 20. Twenty-two brains from children without autism were also examined for comparison.

Dr. Tang measured synapse density in a small section of tissue in each brain by counting the number of tiny spines that branch from these cortical neurons; each spine connects with another neuron via a synapse.

By late childhood, she found, spine density had dropped by about half in the control brains, but by only 16 percent in the brains from autism patients.

"It's the first time that anyone has looked for, and seen, a lack of pruning during development of children with autism," Dr. Sulzer said, "although lower numbers of synapses in some brain areas have been detected in brains from older patients and in mice with autistic-like behaviors."

Clues to what caused the pruning defect were also found in the patients' brains; the autistic children's brain cells were filled with old and damaged parts and were very deficient in a degradation pathway known as "autophagy." Cells use autophagy (a term from the Greek for self-eating) to degrade their own components.

Using mouse models of autism, the researchers traced the pruning defect to a protein called mTOR. When mTOR is overactive, they found, brain cells lose much of their "self-eating" ability. And without this ability, the brains of the mice were pruned poorly and contained excess synapses. "While people usually think of learning as requiring formation of new synapses, "Dr. Sulzer says, "the removal of inappropriate synapses may be just as important."

The researchers could restore normal autophagy and synaptic pruning-and reverse autistic-like behaviors in the mice-by administering rapamycin, a drug that inhibits mTOR. The drug was effective even when administered to the mice after they developed the behaviors, suggesting that such an approach may be used to treat patients even after the disorder has been diagnosed.

Because large amounts of overactive mTOR were also found in almost all of the brains of the autism patients, the same processes may occur in children with autism.

"What's remarkable about the findings," said Dr. Sulzer, "is that hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, but almost all of our human subjects had overactive mTOR and decreased autophagy, and all appear to have a lack of normal synaptic pruning. This says that many, perhaps the majority, of genes may converge onto this mTOR/autophagy pathway, the same way that many tributaries all lead into the Mississippi River. Overactive mTOR and reduced autophagy, by blocking normal synaptic pruning that may underlie learning appropriate behavior, may be a unifying feature of autism."

Alan Packer, PhD, senior scientist at the Simons Foundation, which funded the research, said the study is an important step forward in understanding what's happening in the brains of people with autism.

"The current view is that autism is heterogeneous, with potentially hundreds of genes that can contribute. That's a very wide spectrum, so the goal now is to understand how those hundreds of genes cluster together into a smaller number of pathways; that will give us better clues to potential treatments," he said.

"The mTOR pathway certainly looks like one of these pathways. It is possible that screening for mTOR and autophagic activity will provide a means to diagnose some features of autism, and normalizing these pathways might help to treat synaptic dysfunction and treat the disease."
Source:

Columbia University Medical Center

also

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1010154926.htm

Neural stem cell overgrowth, autism-like behavior linked, mice study suggests

Date:
October 10, 2014

Source:
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health

Summary:
A new study shows how, in pregnant mice, inflammation, a first line defense of the immune system, can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that can cause “overgrowth” in the offspring’s brain, and, ultimately, autistic behavior.

People with autism spectrum disorder often experience a period of accelerated brain growth after birth. No one knows why, or whether the change is linked to any specific behavioral changes.
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A new study by UCLA researchers demonstrates how, in pregnant mice, inflammation, a first line defense of the immune system, can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that can cause "overgrowth" in the offspring's brain.

The paper appears Oct. 9 in the online edition of the journal Stem Cell Reports.

"We have now shown that one way maternal inflammation could result in larger brains and, ultimately, autistic behavior, is through the activation of the neural stem cells that reside in the brain of all developing and adult mammals," said Dr. Harley Kornblum, the paper's senior author and a director of the Neural Stem Cell Research Center at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

In the study, the researchers mimicked environmental factors that could activate the immune system -- such as an infection or an autoimmune disorder -- by injecting a pregnant mouse with a very low dose of lipopolysaccharide, a toxin found in E. coli bacteria. The researchers discovered the toxin caused an excessive production of neural stem cells and enlarged the offspring's' brains.

Neural stem cells become the major types of cells in the brain, including the neurons that process and transmit information and the glial cells that support and protect them.

Notably, the researchers found that mice with enlarged brains also displayed behaviors like those associated with autism in humans. For example, they were less likely to vocalize when they were separated from their mother as pups, were less likely to show interest in interacting with other mice, showed increased levels of anxiety and were more likely to engage in repetitive behaviors like excessive grooming.

Kornblum, who also is a professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said there are many environmental factors that can activate a pregnant woman's immune system.

"Although it's known that maternal inflammation is a risk factor for some neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, it's not thought to directly cause them," he said. He noted that autism is clearly a highly heritable disorder, but other, non-genetic factors clearly play a role.

The researchers also found evidence that the brain growth triggered by the immune reaction was even greater in mice with a specific genetic mutation -- a lack of one copy of a tumor suppressor gene called phosphatase and tensin homolog, or PTEN. The PTEN protein normally helps prevent cells from growing and dividing too rapidly. In humans, having an abnormal version of the PTEN gene leads to very large head size or macrocephaly, a condition that also is associated with a high risk for autism.

"Autism is a complex group of disorders, with a variety of causes," Kornblum said. "Our study shows a potential way that maternal inflammation could be one of those contributing factors, even if it is not solely responsible, through interactions with known risk factors."

In addition, the team found that the proliferation of neural stem cell and brain overgrowth was stimulated by the activation of a specific molecular pathway. (A pathway is a series of actions among molecules within a cell that leads to a certain cell function.) This pathway involved the enzyme NADPH oxidase, which the UCLA researchers have previously found to be associated with neural stem cell growth.

"The discovery of these mechanisms has identified new therapeutic targets for common autism-associated risk factors," said Janel Le Belle, an associate researcher in Kornblum's lab and the paper's lead author. "The molecular pathways that are involved in these processes are ones that can be manipulated and possibly even reversed pharmacologically.

"In agreement with past clinical findings, these data add to the significant evidence that autism-associated brain alterations begin prenatally and continue to evolve after birth," she said.

Kornblum added that the findings that neural stem cell hyper-proliferation can contribute to autism-associated features may be somewhat surprising. "Autism neuropathology is primarily thought of as a dysregulation of neuronal connectivity, although the molecular and cellular means by which this occurs is not known," he said. "Therefore, our hypothesis -- that one potential means by which autism may develop is through an overproduction of cells in the brain, which then results in altered connectivity -- is a new way of thinking about autism etiology."

The next step, the researchers say, is to determine if and how the changes they observed lead to changes in the connections between brain cells, and if those effects can be altered after they have happened.

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The above story is based on materials provided by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences. The original article was written by Mark Wheeler. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

Journal Reference:

Janel E. Le Belle, Jantzen Sperry, Amy Ngo, Yasmin Ghochani, Dan R. Laks, Manuel López-Aranda, Alcino J. Silva, Harley I. Kornblum. Maternal Inflammation Contributes to Brain Overgrowth and Autism-Associated Behaviors through Altered Redox Signaling in Stem and Progenitor Cells. Stem Cell Reports, 2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.09.004

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the universities researched the molecular pathway in question and found a way to diagnose and possibly treat autism

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Heyyyyy, UCLA had a PhD interested in this in 2011, maybe it didn't get lifted from PA

https://iacc.hhs.gov/events/2011/sli...son_041111.pdf

Translational Medicine Research in Autism:
Challenges and Opportunities
January 25
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27, 2011
Santa Monica, CA



Mustafa Sahin,MD, PhD Harvard - Tuberous sclerosis complex

Alcino Silva, PhD UCLA - mTOR signaling in autism and other psychiatric disorders

Mark Bear, PhD MIT - Insights from fragile X and related single gene disorders

Huda Zoghbi, MD Baylor Rett - syndrome and MECP2 Duplication Disorder: Relevance
to ASD
Randy Carpenter, MD
Seaside
Discussion leader

now we have to wait and see which cause is most profitable to the drug companies

http://snnla.org/snn-helps-ucla-recr...ause-research/


Last year this time, Dr. Daniel Geschwind, a renowned autism scientist and researcher at UCLA, joined Special Needs Network (SNN) president Areva Martin, Esq., to announce a National Institutes of Health (NIH) $15 million grant project at UCLA. The research project is focused on helping to determine the genetic causes of autism in African American children – a population that has been overlooked by autism researchers.



The five year research project is now at the stage where children and families are needed to actively participate in the study. Special Needs Network has been working closely with Dr. Geschwind and his staff at UCLA since the project inception and is currently helping to identify families with autistic children. After months of community outreach and engagement of African American families in the Los Angeles area, SNN and UCLA will host their first screening day on Saturday, July 19 at St. Bernadette elementary school in the Crenshaw District of LA. St. Bernadette is one of SNN’s community partners and serves as the site for its famed summer autism camp program, Camp JPAC.



Recruitment for participants is coming at a time when autism is on the rise. A recent announcement from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) identified that our nation is facing an epidemic when it comes to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and our children. The CDC report, released in March, states that diagnoses of autism have increased 30 percent since 2008. ASDs are complex developmental disorders that affect how a person behaves, interacts with others, communicates and learns. There is no known cause or cure.

however UCLA has a good research reputation and I hope that the NIH has not misplaced its trust.

we need answers because although a preventive cure is in sight, there may be no cure for those who have already developed autism spectrum disorder.

we aren't going to enjoy the treatments people come up with for this.

without luck.

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People are going to need an MTOR or glutamate blocker in order to treat ongoing ASD.

medical marijuana is one of the back door ways to accomplishing this.

if you can't remove the extra receptors or keep the immune system from hating them,
the least you can do is close some of the doors.

[sheme]

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0063799

http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?...ed=0CEEQgQMwAA


Tesla please clear some space in your PM box. good night.

[21g]

Hi Tes`

This is intuitive and speculative info but i feel should share in case it might be useful.

Autism/ ADHD was strongly in the public consciousness during the early noughties, presumably because of
a big increase in cases aswell as diagnoses.

Late noughties ( 2007 - present ) their has been a notable public interest in the plight of the honeybee.

In both cases, subjectively speaking, it has evoked a visceral response in people. Dont mean to sound cold hearted
( i have a vested personal interest in both issues ) but you cant help but wonder why ? As in, why this, why now ?

Anyhow, modern pesticides ( neonicotinoids ) were introduced in the 80`s i think, ( DONT QUOTE ME ON THAT ! ) but essentially,
their usage has increased dramatically since then. I believe the dramatic increase in Autism / ADHD might be related in some way ?

We will have been ingesting these pesticides in ever increasing amounts since that time. As regards the honeybee, it messes up their gut,
leaving their immune system compromised.

So, the honeybee,the canary in the coalmine, could be flagging up what we are doing to the natural world, which includes us, and how we are
doing it. Using persistent, neurotoxic chemicals that also damage the gut. The synergistic effects of a Neonicitinoid plus, say a vaccine for example,
has to impact us. Does it mess up our gut aswell ? I know the gut is implicated in Autism / ADHD, so maybe their is a link in some way ?

Apologies if this a bit meandering, but i think you get the gist.
What do you think ?

G

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You may enjoy reading this ( but they have an audio version of the book as well ) :

The boy whose brain could unlock autism : https://medium.com/matter-archive/th...m-70c3d64ff221

From Henry Makram , leading scientists on the European Human Brain Project research and father of boy diagnosed with ASD .

Their 'intense brain theory' is very sound& sentient in my opinion ..






I'd also suggest moving this thread to "Alternative Science&Medicine'' board and sticking it UP because it takes too long to find ..

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010743/

Front Hum Neurosci. 2010; 4: 224.
Published online Dec 21, 2010. Prepublished online Aug 16, 2010. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00224
PMCID: PMC3010743
The Intense World Theory – A Unifying Theory of the Neurobiology of Autism

Kamila Markram1,* and Henry Markram1
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This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.
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Abstract

Autism covers a wide spectrum of disorders for which there are many views, hypotheses and theories. Here we propose a unifying theory of autism, the Intense World Theory. The proposed neuropathology is hyper-functioning of local neural microcircuits, best characterized by hyper-reactivity and hyper-plasticity.

Such hyper-functional microcircuits are speculated to become autonomous and memory trapped leading to the core cognitive consequences of hyper-perception, hyper-attention, hyper-memory and hyper-emotionality.

The theory is centered on the neocortex and the amygdala, but could potentially be applied to all brain regions.

The severity on each axis depends on the severity of the molecular syndrome expressed in different brain regions, which could uniquely shape the repertoire of symptoms of an autistic child.

The progression of the disorder is proposed to be driven by overly strong reactions to experiences that drive the brain to a hyper-preference and overly selective state, which becomes more extreme with each new experience and may be particularly accelerated by emotionally charged experiences and trauma.

This may lead to obsessively detailed information processing of fragments of the world and an involuntarily and systematic decoupling of the autist from what becomes a painfully intense world. The autistic is proposed to become trapped in a limited, but highly secure internal world with minimal extremes and surprises.

We present the key studies that support this theory of autism, show how this theory can better explain past findings, and how it could resolve apparently conflicting data and interpretations. The theory also makes further predictions from the molecular to the behavioral levels, provides a treatment strategy and presents its own falsifying hypothesis.

Keywords: autism, neocortex, amygdala, neural circuitry, connectivity, plasticity, NMDA, glutamate, perception, attention, memory, emotion, valproic acid, animal model

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Ladies and gentlemen, another rather disturbing update re: so-called "environmental" factors (!) contributing to brain changes:

DMX-containing cough suppressant and cold medicines, possibly some tylenol products (?) and brain damage (Olney's Lesions)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney%27s_lesions

Olney's lesions, also known as NMDA receptor antagonist neurotoxicity (NAN), are a potential form of brain damage. They are named after John Olney, who conducted a study in 1989 to investigate neurotoxicity caused by PCP and related drugs.[1]

https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm..._effects.shtml

https://drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17894

A layman's perspective after research:

Important Long-Term Dangers:

Psychological addiction and depression (from regular use)
Poisoning from Bromide Ions.
Irreversible brain damage (from chronic use at high doses)

Brain damage is fairly rare, occurring in less than 1% of the regular users that William White interviewed. He says, “They all used DXM very frequently. If you do DXM twice a month or less, you'll probably be OK. But remember there's always the risk of something going wrong.” FYI: William White is the ‘famous’ author of the DXM FAQ.

They give it to KIDS: (!!!!!)

http://www.mybwmc.org/library/41/000650

Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan, and Pseudoephedrine
Pronunciation

(a seet a MIN oh fen, deks troe meth OR fan, & soo doe e FED rin)


U.S. Brand Names

Alka-Seltzer® Plus Flu Liqui-Gels® [OTC]; Comtrex® Non-Drowsy Cold and Cough Relief [OTC]; Contac® Severe Cold and Flu/Non-Drowsy [OTC]; Infants' Tylenol® Cold Plus Cough Concentrated Drops [OTC]; Sudafed® Severe Cold [OTC]; Thera-Flu® Severe Cold Non-Drowsy [OTC] [DSC]; Triaminic® Cough and Sore Throat Formula [OTC]; Tylenol® Cold Day Non-Drowsy [OTC]; Tylenol® Flu Non-Drowsy Maximum Strength [OTC]; Vicks® DayQuil® Multi-Symptom Cold and Flu [OTC]


"...Infants' Tylenol® Cold Plus Cough Concentrated Drops: Children 2-3 years (24-55 lb): 2 dropperfuls every 4-6 hours (maximum: 4 doses/24 hours)..."

Infants' Tylenol was recommended for everything from vaccination fevers to the common cold to teething pains.
With a child who already suffers liver problems due to heredity, it's a bit scary that doctors sacrifice that 1% who suffer the adverse reaction to DXM etc. in order to satisfy the herd.


Back to Olney's Lesions.

Evers, M.; Hollander, E. (2008). "Excitotoxicity in Autism". Autism. pp. 133–145. doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0_6. ISBN 978-1-60327-488-3.




Tylenol products linked to autism epidemic:

http://www.autismcoach.com/tylenol-f...tism-epidemic/



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December 07, 2013. Tylenol, the supposedly safe alternative to aspirin for children, may be anything but. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, found that among children who experienced an adverse reaction to the MMR vaccine (a vaccine which contains neurotoxic free glutamate), the children whose adverse vaccine reactions were treated with acetaminophen (Tylenol) were eight times more likely to develop an autism spectrum disorder than the children who were treated with ibuprofen (to see the pub med citation, click here).

I find it interesting to note that only a handful of children have suffered from Reyes Syndrome, but the FDA took stringent action to warn people not to use aspirin with their children, while FDA has not seen fit to take action to warn parents not to give their infants and young children Tylenol or to avoid it in pregnancy, and it is likely that huge numbers of children are being affected by it. (Note that Tylenol is not safe for anyone - it is the leading cause for calls to Poison Control Centers. In 2004, acetaminophen accounted for more than 56,000 emergency room visits, 2,600 hospitalizations and 458 deaths due to acute liver failure. Interestingly, the standard hospital protocol is to administer the supplement, N-Acetyl Cysteine, as an antidote. For a link to this paper, click here).

Tylenol depletes glutathione, the major free radical scavenger in the brain. The majority of individuals within the autism spectrum are deificient in glutathione. A deficiency of glutathione is correlated to excessive levels glutamates in the brain. The majority of individiduals within the autism spectrum have elevated levels of glutatmates. Excessive levels of glutamates overexcite neurons, leading to damage and neuronal death. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is frequently used in foods because it excites the receptors for taste in the mouth making food taste more flavorful. Unfortunately, this excitation does not stop with the mouth, and also excites receptors in the brain.

yIKES!

[Swan]

Autism Enzyme 7-Month Trial Study

The following report on a 7-month trial of Peptizyde and HN-Zyme is reprinted with the kind permission of the Enzymes and Autism Board, hosted by Yahoo Groups. The overwhelming majority of respondents saw noticeable improvements with Peptizyde and HN-Zyme Prime. Of 260 total respondents (100%) using these products for at least 3 weeks, 235 (90%) reported positive results, 14 (6%) reported negative results, and 11 (4%) reported inconclusive results.

Significant improvements were seen in eye contact, language, humor, foods tolerated, foods accepted, sleep, weight gain or loss, digestion, stools/bowels, overall appearance, transitioning, socialization, awareness, problem solving, short-term memory, flexibility in routine, range of interests, sound and light tolerance, sensory integration, spontaneous affection, and energy level among others.

Significant decreases were seen in aggression, hyperness, anxiety, self-stimming, self-injurious behavior, pain, and headaches among others.

http://www.autismcoach.com/autism-en...h-trial-study/

[Pam]

I thought this was interesting and felt it deserves consideration. Does anyone have any thoughts about the following article?







Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT


Published: December 26, 2014

Source: Alliance for Natural Health




Why? Evidence points to glyphosate toxicity from the overuse of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on our food.

For over three decades, Stephanie Seneff, PhD, has researched biology and technology, over the years publishing over 170 scholarly peer-reviewed articles. In recent years she has concentrated on the relationship between nutrition and health, tackling such topics as Alzheimer’s, autism, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as the impact of nutritional deficiencies and environmental toxins on human health.

At a conference last Thursday, in a special panel discussion about GMOs, she took the audience by surprise when she declared, “At today’s rate, by 2025, one in two children will be autistic.” She noted that the side effects of autism closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity, and presented data showing a remarkably consistent correlation between the use of Roundup on crops (and the creation of Roundup-ready GMO crop seeds) with rising rates of autism. Children with autism have biomarkers indicative of excessive glyphosate, including zinc and iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures, and mitochondrial disorder.

A fellow panelist reported that after Dr. Seneff’s presentation, “All of the 70 or so people in attendance were squirming, likely because they now had serious misgivings about serving their kids, or themselves, anything with corn or soy, which are nearly all genetically modified and thus tainted with Roundup and its glyphosate.”

Dr. Seneff noted the ubiquity of glyphosate’s use. Because it is used on corn and soy, all soft drinks and candies sweetened with corn syrup and all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small amounts of glyphosate in them, as do our beef and poultry since cattle and chicken are fed GMO corn or soy. Wheat is often sprayed with Roundup just prior to being harvested, which means that all non-organic bread and wheat products would also be sources of glyphosate toxicity. The amount of glyphosate in each product may not be large, but the cumulative effect (especially with as much processed food as Americans eat) could be devastating. A recent study shows that pregnant women living near farms where pesticides are applied have a 60% increased risk of children having an autism spectrum disorder.

Other toxic substances may also be autism-inducing. You may recall our story on the CDC whistleblower who revealed the government’s deliberate concealment of the link between the MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps, and rubella) and a sharply increased risk of autism, particularly in African American boys. Other studies now show a link between children’s exposure to pesticides and autism. Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit phthalate chemicals, are more likely to have autism. Children whose mothers smoked were also twice as likely to have autism. Research now acknowledges that environmental contaminants such as PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury can alter brain neuron functioning even before a child is born.

This month, the USDA released a study finding that although there were detectable levels of pesticide residue in more than half of food tested by the agency, 99% of samples taken were found to be within levels the government deems safe, and 40% were found to have no detectable trace of pesticides at all. The USDA added, however, that due to “cost concerns,” it did not test for residues of glyphosate. Let’s repeat that: they never tested for the active ingredient in the most widely used herbicide in the world. “Cost concerns”? How absurd—unless they mean it will cost them too much in terms of the special relationship between the USDA and Monsanto. You may recall the revolving door between Monsanto and the federal government, with agency officials becoming high-paying executives—and vice versa! Money, power, prestige: it’s all there. Monsanto and the USDA love to scratch each others’ backs. Clearly this omission was purposeful.

In addition, as we have previously reported, the number of adverse reactions from vaccines can be correlated as well with autism, though Seneff says it doesn’t correlate quite as closely as with Roundup. The same correlations between applications of glyphosate and autism show up in deaths from senility.

Of course, autism is a complex problem with many potential causes. Dr. Seneff’s data, however, is particularly important considering how close the correlation is—and because it is coming from a scientist with impeccable credentials. Earlier this year, she spoke at the Autism One conference and presented many of the same facts; that presentation is available on YouTube.

Monsanto claims that Roundup is harmless to humans. Bacteria, fungi, algae, parasites, and plants use a seven-step metabolic route known as the shikimate pathway for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids; glyphosate inhibits this pathway, causing the plant to die, which is why it’s so effective as an herbicide. Monsanto says humans don’t have this shikimate pathway, so it’s perfectly safe.

Dr. Seneff points out, however, that our gut bacteria do have this pathway, and that’s crucial because these bacteria supply our body with crucial amino acids. Roundup thus kills beneficial gut bacteria, allowing pathogens to grow; interferes with the synthesis of amino acids including methionine, which leads to shortages in critical neurotransmitters and folate; chelates (removes) important minerals like iron, cobalt and manganese; and much more.

Even worse, she notes, additional chemicals in Roundup are untested because they’re classified as “inert,” yet according to a 2014 study in BioMed Research International, these chemicals are capable of amplifying the toxic effects of Roundup hundreds of times over.

Glyphosate is present in unusually high quantities in the breast milk of American mothers, at anywhere from 760 to 1,600 times the allowable limits in European drinking water. Urine testing shows Americans have ten times the glyphosate accumulation as Europeans.

“In my view, the situation is almost beyond repair,” Dr. Seneff said after her presentation. “We need to do something drastic.

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This is clearly criminal in my views. And I know very well autism is directly linked with pesticides consumption and bad elimination as well as gut syndromes. The problem being that parents with autistic children have soooooo much time involved with their children that are very heavily demanding special attention that those same parents have no time left to combat the killers of their childen, and their children abilities.

In my views, putting children in the jail that is autism, being jailed in one's own body, not being able to communicate coherently, is worst than killing them stratightforwardly. this is a lifelong sentence those children have never asked for or done anything that warranties a lifelong jail sentence.

And add to this the lifelong jail sentence - guilt sentence and financial hardship of whole families having to help their son\daughter\brother and sister.

A death sentence not of the scientists, but of the CEO pocketing the money from their killing should be implemented.

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OH my god. I had not checked back here.
Thanks for the update and holy crap.

every day brings more weight to the burden but also more hope that we can change things

[jerry]

This is a thread I may or may not contribute to but I know its on I will share thanks Tesla

[sheme]

http://naturalsociety.com/epidemiolo...wife-flu-shot/

[Pam]

sorry , this was a duplicate.

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I put this link in another thread but want it here too,
it's horrifying when it happens to the poor --


http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/10/health...ths/index.html

[Hervé]

Bumping with other versions on Dr. Stephanie Seneff's presentation:

MIT States That Half of All Children May be Autistic by 2025 due to Monsanto

Author: Janet Phelan 26.01.2015

[...]

And:

Monsanto’s Roundup and Autism

December 30th, 2014

Correlations are not causation, but when they plot out as clearly as Stephanie Seneff has plotted them out with regard to autism and glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, they are impossible to ignore.

[...]


Related:

From Stephanie Seneff's Home page

Information on Glyphosate (Roundup)
Glyphosate, Roundup, Glyphosate-Tolerance GM Soybeans, Chemical Extracted Soybean Food Oil/Soybean Powder Cause Serious Harm to Health of American/Chinese People. Compiled and translated by I-wan, Chen (cheniwan@cei.gov.cn). (Download)

Glyphosate: The "Safe" Herbicide that's Making Us All Sick. July, 2015. Hawaii tour, sponsored in part by Seeds of Truth. (Video of Presentation) (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Roundup and GMO and the Rise of Modern Disease. Jan. 22, 2015. Talk in Honolulu, HI, sponsored by Seeds of Truth. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Roundup and GMOs: Are We Gambling with the Future of Food? July 29, 2014, Talk presented at the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation at an Informational Hearing on Genetically Modified Organisms for the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee of the Pennsylvania legislature. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Is Roundup the Toxic Chemical that's Making Us All Sick? June 5, 2014, Groton School, Campbell Performing Arts Center, Groton MA. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

"Sulfate Deficiency in Neurological Disease Following Aluminum and Glyphosate Exposure," Webinar presented on June 2, 2015, hosted by Jessica Sherman. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Taiwan, organized by the Green Formosa Front and sponsored by the HaoRan Foundation. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation on glyphosate on April 28, 2014 hosted by the MIT and Wellesley Alumni Associations (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Why Soy is Unhealthy: It's NOT what you Think! Slides of talk presented at Yale's 12th annual "Unite for Sight" Conference, Mar. 29, 2015. (Powerpoint Slides)

Presentation on April 12, 2014 at Unite For Sight's 11th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation on March 26, 2014 at International Symposium on Vaccines in Nice, France: A Role for the Pineal Gland in Neurological Damage Following Aluminum-adjuvanted Vaccination (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation on March 16, 2014 at Physicians' Roundtable Conference in Tampa, FL. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

Presentation on Oct 16, 2013 hosted by the Wellesley chapter of the League of Women Voters. Video. Slides.

326 page document by Sayer Ji - many references to the literature on why not to vaccinate. Click Here

Nancy Swanson, Andre Leu, Jon Abrahamson and Bradley Wallet. Genetically engineered crops, glyphosate and the deterioration of health in the United States of America. Journal of Organic Systems, 9(2), 2014. Click Here

Compilation (by Rosemary Mason MB ChB FRCA) of data worldwide on effects of glyphosate on human health. Click Here

Former Monsanto employee put in charge of GMO papers at journal Click Here

Scientific journal withdraws Seralini paper on Roundup toxicity Click Here

Autism Rates and Glyphosate Application Rates to Corn and Soy in the U.S. as A Function of Time. Click Here

Slides Presented to MIT Faculty at CSAIL Offsite Meeting on May 17, 2013, on autism and glyphosate. (Powerpoint Slides) (PDF Version)

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Flash wanted me to post this information for all the parents.

Flash: This video links lyme disease and autism, the researcher says that autism is often transgenerational lyme disease transmitted in the womb. 

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=THZhANfFnyY

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This is really good news

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In 2016, AALIVE was introduced to a communication method for non-speaking autistics.

As our mentor, Elizabeth Vosseller from Growing Kids Therapy Center, defines it:

"Spelling to Communicate teaches individuals with motor challenges the purposeful motor skills necessary to point to letters to spell as an alternative means of communication (AAC). The goal is to achieve synchrony between the brain and body. Skilled and rigorously trained communication partners teach purposeful motor skills using a hierarchy of verbal and gestural prompts. As motor skills improve through consistent practice, students progress from pointing to letters on letterboards to spell to typing on a keyboard. Accordingly, communication moves from concrete to abstract as motor skills progress."

We invite you to reach out to AALIVE to learn more about Spelling to Communicate or if you have any questions. AALIVE is proud to support our own center in Springfield, PA called Inside Voice. You can also find out more about Inside Voice here.

This week on the Highwire was a BEAUTIFUL story of how people who cannot speak may regain the ability to communicate through spelling. A MUST SEE!

https://thehighwire.com/watch/Highwire May 6, 2021 episodeFINDING THEIR VOICE
School Bans the Covid Vaccinated; What’s the Story with Covid Vaccine Shedding?; Florida is Winning!; Parents Calling New Program an “Autism Miracle”

#NoVaccinated #CentnerAcademy #StopTheShed #DeSantis #Underestimated #AutismMiracle

Broadcasted 5/6/21 2:00pm - 5/6/21 4:31pm

Finding their voice segment starts at 1:08:55