Autism link to ‘geek genes’. An upsurge in autism cases diagnosed in the Silicon Valley area of California may be due to genes more common in its high-tech workers, say experts. As many as one in 150 children in the region have some sort of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), a rate which far outstrips other… [Lockergnome’s Bits and Bytes]
Perhaps it’s due to pollutants such as arsenic that the chip manufacturers have been dumping into the water supply for the last 20 years or so?