Autism and Mercury
By Jeffry Fawcett, March 29, 2005 in the Editorials blog
What’s an autistic child worth?
The Environmental Protection Agency has an answer. It’s the income the child won’t be able to earn in his or her lifetime because of autism. This neat calculation was used in setting how severely the EPA will regulate mercury emissions by power plants. Less mercury in the environment leads to fewer children with autism. [Read more…]