“…Aside from dietary sources, air pollution, which has been linked to ASD, contain many metals including naturally sourced crustal elements: Ca, Mg, Na, K, Al, Si, Fe, Ti, Mn and anthropogenically sourced metals: V, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu 78,79 . Abnormalities in mitochondrial metabolism can be long-lasting and are implicated in a wide variety of diseases, which are suspected to have an environmental component, including psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as systemic inflammation, cardiac disease, cancer, and diabetes.…”