JS>JK> Lady, I don't particualarly give a tinkers dam if they appreciate it 
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JS>JK> not.  The blunt truth is that FAS is usually the result of ingestion 
f
JS>JK> alcohol by a pregnant woman.  Period. And that causes the problems the
JS>JK> child encounters after it is born.
JS>I've never read that FAS was caused by alcohol-induced mutations; I was 
unde
JS>the impression that it was caused by alcohol-induced developmental 
problems.
What causes the problem, Jerry?  It is a very mild form of mutation that
is then carried through as these new diseases that we see in the DSM IV.
When we finish the study of the human gene we will find that they are
the direct result of ingestion of alcohol AND, can be passed onto new
generations.
That is genetic mutation, know it today or not.
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