Family History Of Mercury Related Pink Disease Linked To Autism

A family history of pink disease (also known as Acrodynia) is a significant risk factor for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), new research from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia has found. The results of the study, conducted by Associate Professor David Austin and Ms Kerrie Shandley from the Swinburne Autism Bio-Research Initiative (SABRI), have …

Mercury and Acrodynia

The etiology of Acrodynia (also know as Pink Disease) was unknown for more than 100 years, before the role of mercury as the primary source of this disease was pointed. The almost forgotten disease, mostly affecting infants and young children, is probably the best studied effect of human mercury poisoning. This history has been forgotten …