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1 in 3 ADHD cases linked to lead, smoke
The Associated Press ^
| Sept 18, 2006
Posted on 09/19/2006 1:28:48 AM PDT by DakotaRed
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Uh, didn't anyone tell them smoking has been steadily decreasing, when cases of ADHD seem to be increasing?
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posted on
09/19/2006 1:28:49 AM PDT
by
DakotaRed
To: DakotaRed
Probably has more to do with ADHD being diagnosed more freely these days then in an actual increase in ADHD.
To: DakotaRed
Uh, didn't anyone tell them smoking has been steadily decreasing, when cases of ADHD seem to be increasing? Lead was removed from gasoline and most paint quite some time ago as well.
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posted on
09/19/2006 1:49:09 AM PDT
by
Bob
To: DakotaRed
lead, smoking, global warming, nuclear fallout.
ya, whatever
To: DakotaRed
Yup, gotta ban more smoking, cause it causes everything... But wait, there's ten times the lead exposure and twice the smoking exposure in China for children, and they've a tremendously big population of children - wonder how many ADHD cases there are over there...?
Every single time a scientist links something to another, it just don't play when you increase the sample size. And because scientists are so fixated on the cause of the week, they ignore this, time and time again.
Am I saying that every kid needs to suck a pound of lead while someone blows smoke in their face? Absolutely not. But I'd suggest that turning off the television and sending the kids to play outside is likely a better cause to focus on.
Wouldn't it be funny if it turns out to be thirty second commercials that is the biggest contributing factor...?
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posted on
09/19/2006 2:21:39 AM PDT
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: DrGunsforHands
I'm not even sure what constitutes an ADHD diagnosis. Isn't it pretty subjective in a lot of cases?
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posted on
09/19/2006 2:24:15 AM PDT
by
maryz
To: DakotaRed
I think most attention Deficit disorder is because of parental attention deficit.
A good switch used at the right time will cure most of it. IMO.
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posted on
09/19/2006 2:35:47 AM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: DakotaRed
Gee, I wonder what everyone did when I was growing up. There was smoking all over the place and I can't name one child with ADHD back then. Hmmmmmmmm........ You know I don't remember kids doing drugs. I don't remember them doing a lot of things they do today like wearing clothes that leave nothing to the imagination.
Oh yes, I see they are bringing back ddt after that crazy loon of woman declared it should be banned and possibly hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of her stupidity.
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posted on
09/19/2006 2:45:50 AM PDT
by
freekitty
To: freekitty; DakotaRed
Gee, I wonder what everyone did when I was growing up. There was smoking all over the place and I can't name one child with ADHD back then. Hmmmmmmmm........ You know I don't remember kids doing drugs. I don't remember them doing a lot of things they do today like wearing clothes that leave nothing to the imagination.I'm with you! I never heard of this when I was younger. I don't put much stock in this at all.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:11:19 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: DrGunsforHands
Exactly when my son first entered school they diagnosed him (without a doctor of course) as ADHD. They suggested we see their doctor to confirm this. I suggested they stick it up their Ass.
We moved schools (a smaller one / private with 10 students per class).
Fast forward about 1 yr I asked his new teacher about my son being ADHD and she looked at me like I was insane.
At present my son is top of his class in nearly all subjects.
It's a sick sick system.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:18:41 AM PDT
by
JNL
To: JNL
IMO a lot of the ADHD "diagnoses" are caused by smarter kids being bored to death over a dumbed down curriculum.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:22:22 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Sorry, a tagline occurred. The tagline has been logged.)
To: DakotaRed
They should really check to see if they can link it to baloney....Maybe they can use this "study" as a basis.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:38:52 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: DakotaRed
"Dr. Leo Trasande, assistant director of the Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York......" Leo's lookin for a grant for his Center...for the chillllllllldrunnn!!!
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:42:26 AM PDT
by
mo
To: freedomlover
IMO a lot of the ADHD "diagnoses" are caused by smarter kids being bored to death over a dumbed down curriculum.That's my youngest son. He would get it the first time the teacher said something and by the time she repeated it 20 times he was bored. He dropped out of school at 16, finally got his GED and at 23 has enrolled in a good community college and loves it. He's doing very well now.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:43:44 AM PDT
by
barker
(Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.)
To: Adder
One of my friend's child was diagnosed with ADHD BY THE TEACHER at her school. The parents were called in and said the child should be put on meds. The parents said the teacher was "Nuts" and said "No Meds".
That child is now a Doctor. Their other child will soon be taking the NYS Bar Exam. And these are both women!!
Someone needs to take the bull by the horn and Frank and his wife did just that.
Tell the teachers and behaviorists to go to hell. They've made the norm so narrow....that no one is normal.
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posted on
09/19/2006 3:48:35 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: freedomlover
I think it's the fact that kids aren't built to sit in their chairs for 6 hours a day at school, and then go home and do a couple of hours of homework. More and more schools are getting rid of recess and PE.
My son's school only let them out for 20 minutes a day.
Also, as you said the curriculum is awful. When my son was doing math with a calculator, that was the last straw. He's homeschooled now, (tossed the calculator.)
To: Sacajaweau
It is not the "behaviorists" that are making these diaganoses. Be careful what words you choose. Notice where all these "Studies" are coming from- mainstream psychology, not behavior analysts. And if someone claims to be a behaviorist/behavior analyst, ask if they are board certified (by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board) as a BCBA. Behavior Analysts are doing good work with people that mainstream psychology would just assume label and medicate.
To: DakotaRed
I smoke tobacco in a lead pipe. Am I in trouble?
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posted on
09/19/2006 4:41:47 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: DakotaRed
From the article:
About one-third of attention deficit cases among U.S. children may be linked with tobacco smoke before birth or to lead exposure afterward, according to provocative new research.
About one-third may be linked with lead and/or tobacco? Wouldn't that mean then that TWO-THIRDS ARE NOT linked with lead and/or tobacco?
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posted on
09/19/2006 4:42:00 AM PDT
by
dbehsman
(NRA Life Member, and loving every minute of it!)
To: dbehsman
Also, look at the sample size- 135. Not a very large sample, not to mention the problems of representativeness or generalization.
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