(Source: File Photo) It would be better for women to avoid chronic pesticide exposure. (Source: File Photo)Mothers who take the recommended amounts of folic acid during pregnancy might reduce the risk of their children developing pesticide-related autism, researchers say. The findings showed that if the mother was taking folic acid during the window around conception, the risk associated with pesticides seemed to be attenuated. Adding folic acid might be helping out in a number of these genomic functions,” Schmidt added. While folic acid did reduce the associated risk of a child developing autism, it did not entirely eliminate it.

Source: Indian Express September 09, 2017 10:18 UTC