DC.Streetsblog – By Angie Schmitt
One more reason to reduce driving: Exposure to high levels of traffic pollutants may increase the risk that children will develop autism, according to a study published recently in the Archives of General Psychology.
Researchers from the University of California Keck School of Medicine examined traffic-related air pollution levels in two groups of children: 279 with autism and 245 without. The study found that autistic children and their mothers were twice as likely to live in high-pollution areas during pregnancy and the first year of life, controlling for other factors.
One in 88 children in the U.S. is affected by autism. [Continue reading ...]

Above: The scene on Main Street in Newark on a typical Summer day. The City plans to spend millions for additional car parking, yet cannot find the funds to have DelDOT paint Sharrows on Main Street.
By Frank Warnock in Health, No Digest on December 3, 2012
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