From farm workers to doctors and auto mechanics, new UC Davis research is showing that some parents' jobs could be impacting autism disorders in their children.
Hertz-Picciotto said they've found that a parent's exposure to workplace chemicals during fetal development can impact the severity of autism.
"That turned out to be a pretty strong set of associations with multiple behavioral outcomes, things like hyperactivity and also how well their language is," Hertz-Picciotto said.
"If it's part of your job, it may be hard to avoid the exposures, but these are the sort of things that could be brought to your supervisor, maybe they could get assigned to a job that's in a different part of their workplace that would be less exposed," Hertz-Picciotto said.
"Maybe you could wear a mask or gloves and change behaviors where you can might be appropriate," Hertz-Picciotto said.
"I think for employers, there's a message here," Hertz-Picciotto said.
More than 500 families were involved in the study. Scientists say there now needs to be more research into how chemical exposure could affect fetal development.
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