RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Data just released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to rise, jumping from 6.7 percent of U.S. children in 2000 to 9 percent of U.S. children in 2009. As doctors and scientists try to uncover the causes of ADHD, attention is turning to all the chemicals children and pregnant moms encounter in their daily lives. “Certainly there’s a genetic component to the disorder,” says Brooks Gump, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the department of public health, food studies and nutrition at Syracuse University, noting that roughly 50 percent of cases are genetic. “But there are environmental factors involved, as well.” The disorder has already been linked to pesticides found in chemically grown food, and now Gump has shown in a new study that one of the chemical causes of ADHD might be perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), a class of highly toxic chemicals used to make stain- and water-repellent fabrics and nonstick cookware that linger in the environment for very long periods of time, building up in the blood of animals that enter the food chain and, ultimately, in people.There have been a few observational studies finding associations… Read full this story
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