Presence of DDT in food reason for autism
(WorldNews Health)

Hyderabad: The reason for intellectual disability or autism is the presence of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in the food chain which is found to affect a section of pregnant woman despite being banned in several countries, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. European countries and the United States of America have banned DDT since 1970 but it...