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US study links wildfire smoke in pregnancy to later autism diagnosis, but it does not show cause
A US study of nearly 900,000 mothers and children found a statistical link between wildfire smoke in pregnancy and later autism diagnosis. It cannot show cause, and its framing of autism as a ‘risk’ and ‘disease burden’ deserves questioning. (AI-written · AI fact-checked.)