The timing of exposure appears crucial, with heightened vulnerability during prenatal development and early childhood when critical neurodevelopmental processes occur.
The research suggests that individuals with genetic predisposition to ASD may be more vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution exposure
The implications extend beyond individual health to public policy. How might cities need to adapt their urban planning to protect vulnerable populations? What role could air quality monitoring play in prenatal care?
Actually I don’t see why anything would be done to orevent development of autism, when not much was done for all the already known damage that actual urban development cause
Link to the actual article:
How many cars, how much they are driven and how they are driven, depend on urban development.
Urban development -> cars -> pollution
If you want less cars going around, design your cities to allow and incentivize people not to use them. See recent developments in Paris as an example:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470