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In response to
"There was a "study" done that falsely linked areas in Washington with higher autism with TV watching."
by
Inigo
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As they say, "correlation is not causation".
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Nov 26 '09, 18:54
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One could argue that autism is a result of household pollutants, and (to poke fun at JackDawson's phrasing on B99-whatever) the autism occurred "but for the rain".
A more in-depth study would be required, though. Something that analyzed as much of the factual data as possible, and pulled patterns out of the ether. Everything from housing material (drywall, carpets/flooring, paint, insulation, plumbing, refrigeration/air conditioning, bedding material, clothes, education levels of parents, food intake, socioeconomic status, amount of time spent driving, whether there is a garage with a car inside it, birth order, etc - any one of those things could be a factor, and that's barely even scratching the surface of potential variables).
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