"Autism is the fastest growing developmental
disability in
our nation."
- Mary Bono
Notmilk has previously reported a dairy
link to autism,
blaming a naturally occurring opiate in dairy products,
casomorphin (also found in organic milk and raw milk)
to attention
deficit order and autism. See:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/2640
I have
been away from my home base for about 14 days,
and before I left, four
readers responded to a Notmilk
column by asking:
"If ADHD and
pesticides are linked, have there been
recent peer-reviewed publications
linking pesticides
in milk to autism?" The 10/19 column:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/4156
I had
not heard of one, but I investigated the issue.
Here is what was
found:
The August, 2011 issue of the journal of Occupational
and
Behavioral Medicine included a study in which
behavioral impairment in
children was correlated
to levels of excreted pesticide residues in their
urine.
Researchers at the University of Florida (Xu, et. al.)
determined that groups of children with low and high
trichlorophenol
levels and high trichlorophenol had a
higher level of behavioral
impairment than children
who tested for levels below the limits of
detection.
Trichlorophenol pesticides are presently not regulated by
the Food and Drug Admistation. You can buy one metric ton
for about
$1,000 plus shipping directly to your door.
"Indeed, the largest
contributors to daily intake of
chlorinated insecticides are dairy
products, meat,
fish, and poultry."
- Living Downstream, by Sandra
Steingraber, Ph.D.
Consider: It's in the milk and 40% of our diet is
dairy.
Consider: 10 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of cheese.
Consider: 12 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of ice cream.
Consider: 21 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of butter.
Do you
ever get a "brain fog?" If you continue to
consume dairy, do you doubt
that dairy affects adults
in the same manner it might affect children, or
do you
imagine that age offers one an immunity from opiates
and
pesticides?
Children sometimes get autism.
Adults sometimes get
"duh" moments.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com
http://www.Twitter.com/TheRealNotmilk
