Pregnant women exposed to California wildfire smoke may see an elevated risk of autism in their children, a bombshell new study found.
The increased risk was strongest when mothers were exposed to the smoke during their last three months of pregnancy, according to research published in Environmental Science & Technology
The risk could be worse for women who were exposed to smoky conditions for multiple days.
The study pshowed a 10 percent increase in autism for children whose mothers were exposed to smoke for 1-5 days and 23 percent for those exposed for more than 10 days.