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The Pill The Autism Epidemic & The Pill Dr Ellen CG Grant Pub Med grant ec.

Increases in incidence California Autism Spectrum Disorder 300% Autism Spectrum Disorder 300% Cerebral palsy Epilepsy 3% Mental Retardation

“The Autism Epidemic” Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Neurodevelopmental Environmental toxins Toxic metals Oxidative stress Maternal Pill (Progesterone) Use

Increase in ASD & toxic exposures DeSoto and Hitlan studies (4-5 each) Pockets of higher prevalence of ASD Increased rates of ASD associated with sources of contaminants ASD - Higher levels of neurotoxins ASD - Decreased detoxifying ability

ASD Sajdel-Sulkowska 2011 Brain region-specific changes in oxidative stress markers 3-NT(3-nitrotyrosine) and neurotrophin-3 Areas associated Speech processing Coordination - sensory & motor Behaviour - emotional & social

Post-mortem 3-NT levels pmol/g Controls 1.6 to 12.0 Autistic cases 1.7 to orbitofrontal cortex Wernicke's area cerebellar vermis 81.2 cerebellar hemisphere 37.2

61 autistic children Dr John McLaren-Howard Deficiencies - Zn Mg Cr Se Mn Cu Mb B vits EFAs WBC DNA adducts 16 Malondialdehyde (from lipid peroxidation) 26 % 12 Cadmium 20 % 9 Nickel 15 % 3 Mercury 5 % 1 Lead 1. 6 %

Zinc Fall in Children’s Zinc Healthy Sweat Zinc ug/l Controls 520 ↓ Dyslexia Dyslexia 358 ↓↓ John McLaren-Howard OCs % of single women had used OCs % used OCs a First Pregnancy % used OCs before a First Pregnancy Effect children 1980s 1990s & onwards

Longer use of OCs before Pregnancies 1989 UK study Breast cancer by age 36 OCs for ≥ 4 years % % Starting age Br Ca No Up to

Figure: % increases in annual Breast Cancer registration rates in England & Wales with more hormone use Age group

Why ↑ Autism ? ↑ Progesterone use Genotoxic Cancers Developmental disorders Current and Longer use Before a First Full Term Pregnancy In Pregnancy - fertility treatments miscarriage prevention premature labour ↑ Breast Cervix Ovary Lung Cancers

The “PILL” Progesterone Progesterone - like actions Cream jabs implants depots IUDs RCGP –world’s largest Pill study Mortality in young women ↑ 300% Mortality in young women ↑ 300%

Progesterone ↑ Enzymes altered by Progesterone ↑ Oxygen Oxygen metabolism MAO MAO Mono amine oxidase depression ↑ COMT COMT Catechol- O- methyltransferase pain ↓ AlkPhos Alkaline Phosphatase osteoporosis ↓ SOD SOD Super oxide dismutase Zn Cu Mn ↓ GPx GPx Glutathione peroxidase Se ↓ oxidative and antioxidative capacity modulated by sexual steroid hormones mediated through antioxidant metabolizing enzymes

Dr John McLaren-Howard DNA adducts WBC Women OCs/HRT Never? Nickel 12.5% 7.1% Lindane - estrogen 8.7% 5% 27 Age & Sex matched Cancer Cases Controls Malondialdehyde 18.5% 3.7% Nickel 18.5% 0%

Genotoxic Genotoxic damage Progestins - acting like xs Progesterone Animals - Chromosomal aberrations Sister chromatid exchanges Vitamin C prevents In vitro - Free oxygen radicals Siddique 2005 x 2 + P In women - Mitochondrial dysfunction Ni/Lindane TL gene ATP →ADP blocks x 2 + P McLaren-Howard 2006 ASD Mitochondrial gene dysfunction mDNA over-replication & deletions Giulivi 2010

The AUTISM Epidemic & the Pill ↑ Genotoxic hormonal contraceptives ↑ Maternal ↑ASD Mitochondrial dysfunctions ↑ Maternal ↑ASD DNA toxic adducts Children always inherit maternal mDNA ASD ↑ susceptibility to damage ↓detox Replete deficiencies and remove toxins Non-hormonal contraception