Investigating early life exposure to plastic products in Australia and subsequent neurodevelopmental effects

像自闭症这样的儿童神经发育障碍正变得越来越普遍。最近的研究表明，澳大利亚几乎所有的孕妇体内都含有塑料化学品-双酚和邻苯二甲酸盐，胎儿也会接触到。人类证据表明，怀孕期间接触更多塑料可能与这些疾病有关。随机对照试验是不可能的，所以高质量的出生队列研究，这里提出，需要全面调查这个问题。

Child neurodevelopment disorders like autism are becoming more common. Recent work indicates almost all pregnant mothers in Australia harbour plastic chemicals – bisphenols and phthalates and foetus is also exposed. Human evidence is emerging that higher exposure to plastics during pregnancy may be associated with these disorders. Randomised controlled trials are not possible so high quality birth cohort studies, as proposed here, are required to investigate this issue comprehensively.