▲ 155 ▼ Growing evidence points to link between autism and wildfire smoke (grist.org) submitted 8 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/science@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 31 points 8 months ago (9 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] hanrahan@piefed.social 32 points 8 months ago (1 child) People have been burning wood since time immemorial True and many millions die from it every year, most air pollution deaths are from woodsmoke, when we did it 10,000 years ago on the veld a fire was small and isolated and well ventilated, FF to modernty, climate change enhanced wildfire, billions of acres going up and a population of 9 billion, might be a concentration issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago People definitely tried to beat neurodivergence out of people. It doesn’t work, but it does make people mask more, which is a win for the kinds of people who beat children for being different permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago (2 children) The story says "wood smoke" but then they talk about Southern California wildfires, which typically contain a lot of other toxic materials from burning houses, other buildings, vehicles, power and telephone lines, etc. especially the fires burning in proximity to pregnant women. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -2 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago* Bro, last year Altadena was completely and utterly destroyed. Tens of thousands of people's houses burnt down. It's getting worse every year with climate change permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago In 2025 the Los Angeles wildfires burned more than 16,000 homes and other buildings. And about 6,300 cars. An outlier yes, but many of the wildfires do burn a significant number of structures, that's the main reason firefighters engage with them. The purely chaparral fires (which may be allowed to burn) are more distant from most pregnant women so even though the smoke blows over it's less concentrated. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [+] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -5 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hanrahan@piefed.social 18 points 8 months ago Perhaps you haven't looked at wildfires ? , houses sheds and barns full of plastic, paints and farm chemicals, fields full of plastic used for weed suppression, vehicles and their tyres ignite and burn, including the metals etc Then the aftermath is that toxic shit going into water supplies next time it rains permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (-1 replies) [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago Autism isn't a new phenomenon, so I'm not sure why any of this would matter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 32 points 8 months ago (1 child) People have been burning wood since time immemorial True and many millions die from it every year, most air pollution deaths are from woodsmoke, when we did it 10,000 years ago on the veld a fire was small and isolated and well ventilated, FF to modernty, climate change enhanced wildfire, billions of acres going up and a population of 9 billion, might be a concentration issue? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago People definitely tried to beat neurodivergence out of people. It doesn’t work, but it does make people mask more, which is a win for the kinds of people who beat children for being different permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago People definitely tried to beat neurodivergence out of people. It doesn’t work, but it does make people mask more, which is a win for the kinds of people who beat children for being different permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago People definitely tried to beat neurodivergence out of people. It doesn’t work, but it does make people mask more, which is a win for the kinds of people who beat children for being different permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago (2 children) The story says "wood smoke" but then they talk about Southern California wildfires, which typically contain a lot of other toxic materials from burning houses, other buildings, vehicles, power and telephone lines, etc. especially the fires burning in proximity to pregnant women. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -2 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago* Bro, last year Altadena was completely and utterly destroyed. Tens of thousands of people's houses burnt down. It's getting worse every year with climate change permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago In 2025 the Los Angeles wildfires burned more than 16,000 homes and other buildings. And about 6,300 cars. An outlier yes, but many of the wildfires do burn a significant number of structures, that's the main reason firefighters engage with them. The purely chaparral fires (which may be allowed to burn) are more distant from most pregnant women so even though the smoke blows over it's less concentrated. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -2 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago* Bro, last year Altadena was completely and utterly destroyed. Tens of thousands of people's houses burnt down. It's getting worse every year with climate change permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago In 2025 the Los Angeles wildfires burned more than 16,000 homes and other buildings. And about 6,300 cars. An outlier yes, but many of the wildfires do burn a significant number of structures, that's the main reason firefighters engage with them. The purely chaparral fires (which may be allowed to burn) are more distant from most pregnant women so even though the smoke blows over it's less concentrated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 months ago* Bro, last year Altadena was completely and utterly destroyed. Tens of thousands of people's houses burnt down. It's getting worse every year with climate change permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago In 2025 the Los Angeles wildfires burned more than 16,000 homes and other buildings. And about 6,300 cars. An outlier yes, but many of the wildfires do burn a significant number of structures, that's the main reason firefighters engage with them. The purely chaparral fires (which may be allowed to burn) are more distant from most pregnant women so even though the smoke blows over it's less concentrated. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -5 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hanrahan@piefed.social 18 points 8 months ago Perhaps you haven't looked at wildfires ? , houses sheds and barns full of plastic, paints and farm chemicals, fields full of plastic used for weed suppression, vehicles and their tyres ignite and burn, including the metals etc Then the aftermath is that toxic shit going into water supplies next time it rains permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works -5 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hanrahan@piefed.social 18 points 8 months ago Perhaps you haven't looked at wildfires ? , houses sheds and barns full of plastic, paints and farm chemicals, fields full of plastic used for weed suppression, vehicles and their tyres ignite and burn, including the metals etc Then the aftermath is that toxic shit going into water supplies next time it rains permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 18 points 8 months ago Perhaps you haven't looked at wildfires ? , houses sheds and barns full of plastic, paints and farm chemicals, fields full of plastic used for weed suppression, vehicles and their tyres ignite and burn, including the metals etc Then the aftermath is that toxic shit going into water supplies next time it rains permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago Autism isn't a new phenomenon, so I'm not sure why any of this would matter permalink fedilink source parent