The secretary of Health Department and human services of the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said Wednesday that the Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) It can be prevented and promised to find the “Environmental Toxin” that is behind the increase in rates of this “Epidemic” in the country.
“Genes do not cause epidemics. They can generate vulnerability. Environmental toxin is needed, “said Kennedy, without providing tests or scientific exhibitions, in statements collected by ‘NBC News’.
Kennedy’s speech contradicts a study published yesterday the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC, in English), a government agency that found an increase in child autism rates in the US.
Although experts attribute this boom to a greater awareness and surveillance of the disorder, Kennedy dismissed these evidences and blamed environmental factors of this “preventable disease.” “We know that it is an environmental exposure. It has to be,” insisted.
That is why the next three weeks will announce a series of studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” to those responsible for the increase in cases of child autism in the country.
“We know what are the historical figures And we know what the current figures are, and it is time for everyone to stop attributing this to this ideology of epidemic denial “, Kennedy said.
What is autism
Far from Kennedy’s claims, it is scientifically demonstrated that the Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) It is a neurobiological alteration of development that is manifested in FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE and that lasts throughout the life cycle. Some autistic people present a intellectual difficulty, But others do not. It does not have one Environmental cause.
Its prevalence is greater than what is thought: One in 100 people has ASD. In it 70% of cases, There is one associated intellectual disability, of diverse degree. According to current diagnostic criteria, the prevalence in men is greater than in women: Every four boys hay A girl autistic, although this fact is also in revision.
