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Posted Tue May 22 2012: from Bloomberg News:
WWII Chemical Exposure Spurs Obesity, Autism, Researcher Says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1337709053
The World War II generation may have passed down to their grandchildren the effects of chemical exposure in the 1940s, possibly explaining current rates of obesity, autism and mental illness, according to one researcher. David Crews, professor of psychology and zoology at the University of Texas at Austin, theorized that the rise in these diseases may be linked to environmental effects passed on through generations. His research showed that descendants of rats exposed to a crop fungicide were less sociable, more obese and more anxious than offspring of the unexposed.
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