The Glyphosate – Autism Connection with Dr Stephanie Seneff

In this edition of Green Street, we talk with an MIT-trained scientist who became fascinated with the environmental links to autism. Dr. Stephanie Seneff has analyzed the data, read the reports and developed an intriguing theory about how a common weed killer may be interfering with the microbes in our bodies, affecting our brains and contributing to the increasing prevalence of autism.

Environmental Links to Autism with Dr. Martha Herbert

For many years, the research on autism has been focused on the role of genes – and looking for that single “autism gene” that may be causing the condition. But as Dr. Herbert points out, genes don’t function in a vacuum – they interact with proteins and other chemicals in the body – and with chemicals that enter the body from our environment that aren’t supposed to be there.

Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and a Pediatric Neurologist and Neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Visit her website at MarthaHerbert.org.

The Autism Puzzle with Brita Belli

The rates of autism in the United States have skyrocketed over the past decade. While researchers are still debating the role that preservatives in vaccinations may play, other environmental chemicals are being added to the list of suspects that could be responsible for this alarming trend. The list includes many consumer products we use in and around our homes.

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug interview Brita Belli, author of a new book called The Autism Puzzle, in which she examines the latest research on environmental links to this heartbreaking neurological disorder.