Baby Teeth To Be Used in Autism Study

Baby Teeth To Be Used in Autism Study

An interesting project is the US aims to collect baby teeth to be used in furthering studies about Autism.

According to researchers, there’s a possibility that “neurotoxins in the environment are affecting children in ways that are influencing or triggering autism”.

Why baby teeth? It’s because “any substance that passes through a child’s body lodges in the teeth unlike any other part of the body,” researchers emphasised.

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