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Does watching TV cause Autism ?

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James Poterba is President of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also the Mitsui Professor of Economics at M.I.T.

Quote"They find that it is, and that this correlation cannot be explained simply by the fact that both cable subscriptions and autism rates were rising over the study period, since communities where subscription rates grew faster experienced faster growth in autism rates as well"

http://www.nber.org/bah/winter07/w12632.html

Electron cathode ray brainwashing delta signal via light cones of the eye to the brain.

Which country watches the most TV and which country has the most autism.

http://www.icare4autism.org/news/2010/09/autism-action-a-global-perspective/

http://www.aneki.com/watch_tv.html

I have not watched TV in the last 5 years, as I knew it was effecting my condition. My parents had the biggest TV in the street as well, growing up. So maybe TV size maybe a correlation as well.

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  • Ah, I guess the fact there were few TVs around before 1950 accounts for the then lower incidence of reported autism?

    It is important to look at other variables when trying to link two phenomena not logically connected. Lots of phenomena have significantly increased in the timescale autism has, why just pick TV? TV might affect people more than some of the others, but I cannot see any scientific connection between TV watching and autism.

    A link has been made between car exhaust fumes and autism. There has been a steady increase in the number of cars and other vehicles. I think it is a bit more complex though than people watching telly!

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  • Ah, I guess the fact there were few TVs around before 1950 accounts for the then lower incidence of reported autism?

    It is important to look at other variables when trying to link two phenomena not logically connected. Lots of phenomena have significantly increased in the timescale autism has, why just pick TV? TV might affect people more than some of the others, but I cannot see any scientific connection between TV watching and autism.

    A link has been made between car exhaust fumes and autism. There has been a steady increase in the number of cars and other vehicles. I think it is a bit more complex though than people watching telly!

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