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Lonestarblue

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3. I wish someone would study whether there is a connection between chemicals in food and autism.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:37 AM

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We have some of the unhealthiest food imaginable for a developed country, thanks to too much sugar, too much salt, and multiple chemicals that other countries forbid. Autism rates in the US have nearly tripled over the past decade. Some of that may be attributable to better diagnostic tools, but not all. Using data from 2021, World Population Review ranks the US as #9 in the world with the rate of autism at 1050 per 100,000. Compare that with the rate of Greece at 809, a country with meals focused on the Mediterranean diet with fresh vegetables and with EU regulations banning several chemicals that the US allows. Here’s a list of US foods containing harmful chemicals.

https://foodrevolution.org/blog/banned-ingredients-in-other-countries/

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Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

It is too early to start up with how I feel about RFK Jr., so I'll just laud the study... hlthe2b Tuesday #1

This weirdo? wolfie001 Tuesday #2

There's a fad craze hype now about methylene blue. That's probably it. But could be anything in a blue carrier. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #4

Yes, I looked that up wolfie001 Tuesday #7

RFK Jr. developed methylmercury toxicity from unbelievable levels of tuna ingestion in 2000... hlthe2b Tuesday #14

I wish someone would study whether there is a connection between chemicals in food and autism. Lonestarblue Tuesday #3

I've been saying the same thing for decades, Lonestar! slightlv Tuesday #13

Studies? The brain-diseased heroin addict with no medical background knows everything!11!11!!!1! PSPS Tuesday #5

The biggest health hazard in this country is the vaccine skeptics who go around spreading lies FakeNoose Tuesday #6

Duh Blasphemer Tuesday #8

I thought the fuss was over thimerosal. murielm99 Tuesday #9

Thimerosol was taken out of most vaccines yrs ago except it was still in some flu vaccines womanofthehills Tuesday #11

So - what about all the studies linking Alzheimer's to aluminum? womanofthehills Tuesday #10

I expect the microscopic amount of Al from an injection that might be 0.5 ml total BumRushDaShow Tuesday #12

Correlation is not causation. I have suspected for some time that Al accumulation is a symptom, not a cause. eppur_se_muova Tuesday #15