Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to autism: a cohort study of more than 129,000 children found a modest association between exposure of nitric oxide (a traffic air pollutant) to pregnant women, and a higher risk of their children developing autism by the age of 5.

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Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to autism: a cohort study of more than 129,000 children found a modest association between exposure of nitric oxide (a traffic air pollutant) to pregnant women, and a higher risk of their children developing autism by the age of 5.