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Showing Original Post only (View all)Study links autism with circumcision [View all]
The circumcision of boys is controversial and hotly debated in many countries.
Advocates of circumcision point to cultural, religious, hygiene-related and medical reasons for the procedure, while opponents argue that it infringes on bodily rights and is a severe, painful assault on the individual which can lead to life-long physical and mental damage, with no relevant advantages to health.
A study now pours a little more oil on the flames.
According to the new study, which included 340,000 Danish boys, it looks as though circumcision increases the risk of developing autism.
http://sciencenordic.com/study-links-autism-circumcision
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It could be due to a shared environmental cause. Maybe Lamb causes Autism? n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#12
It's also a question of the over-design of sensitivity... sample size of 340,000???
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#26
In both of these Abrahamic religions, male circumcision is a religious requirement....
Hekate
Mar 2015
#25
all we need now is moon bombing, chicken, Olive Garden, pit bulls and breast-feeding....
steve2470
Mar 2015
#11
Correlation does not equal causation. Eating pickles before conception is linked with autism too
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#14
Now that sounds very reasonable. Most baby boys were circumcized before they were two weeks
jwirr
Mar 2015
#41
They were giving local lidocaine in that time period. But I hadn't heard about Tylenol
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#45
I think this depends on eating at the Olive Garden in Manhattan, before having one.
madinmaryland
Mar 2015
#19
It was not all that long ago when every boy child in the USA was circumsized. I wonder what the
jwirr
Mar 2015
#31