such a model is being shown. thus far, we have about 170 women enrolled. our target is about 200 at least for this project. the retention of women in this set has been better than 90%. . .

>> and then to see how that impacts the trajectory of learning behavior's and so forth. those kinds of studies will continue to be extraordinarily important. one example that we have talked about -- if we look at children if the mother smokes, the child has twice as much chance of having it. if they are exposed to high levels of tobacco and led which

are toxic, there -- they are over eight times as more likely. interactions is important. you can look at it as the same way as genes and environment. there can be tremendous risks for different kinds of problems. while it is critical to do more of this research, it seems that we do know enough to take action and develop regulations. even if we develop these regulations, there will be plenty for all of us to do. we will not be out of work. it would be nice if you could develop regulations to put me out of work. we need to act on the information we have and that does not mean every new chemical has to be studied to death. we can look at the pattern with other environmental toxins. we can develop the regulations and there is still quite a bit that has to be done to look at

these new emerging chemicals, some of which are acting as destructors -- this ruptures. >> you mentioned of the bio- markers and can you talk about how that can help to find root causes and diagnoses and treatment? >> that is extraordinarily important. in the past, we might have had to ask a pregnant woman how close she lived to a plastic plant. we can now take explicit measures of exposure that might occur over pregnancy. in the cincinnati home study -- >> what do you mean? >> exquisitely accurate measures of chemicals that the spread of women is exposed to in her diet or airborne exposure is and we need to look at those at different times.

we have 16 weeks gestation, 20 weeks, and we can ask questions about the exposure during pregnancy, but whether there is a difference in the timing of exposure. when we look at one plastic, exposures of 16 weeks' gestation was associated with acting out type of the hitters and the daughters. , but not in the sons. that means to be confirmed for that is a type of research that we cannot make policy based on one study, but it suggests that timing is important and looking at gender differences. we could not have done that without a nio-marker. >> do you want to add anything about the by a markers? --bio-markers?

we are almost on equal footing. i understand it now. i am kidding. >> by identifying class of compounds, we may be able to invoke in the future a precautionary principle where if a chemical has chemical properties that we know to be bio-accumulative, retained in the body, if children are more expos to, as you mentioned, we might be able to predict as opposed to having to test every chemical. there are various levels of testing chemicals from the cellular to the epidemiological approach. given the vast number of high volume and even greater number of >> the complexity of autism spectrum disorders -- our lessons learned at uc-davis is

that you need a multi- disciplinary approach. you need to talk to toxicologists and others and pool their efforts and integrate their efforts and i understand this complex disorder. very large sides will address more global issues, concerted studies of populations will give you valuable answers that could lead to mitigation of what it is and. >> do you want to enter that? >> yes, given the prevalence of autism, even though it has risen in recent years, i think the kind of steady you would want to do is perspective, it would be large, and you would have multiple measures of various chemical exposures or the opportunity to go back and use a repository to collect blood and urine and store it. you look at the children as they develop. that would be augmented by a

whole host of other types of studies looking specifically at questions. that kind of large birth cohort study like the national children's study will be an essential part of understanding the risk factors for the development of autism and asd. >> i want to thank all of you for coming. we will keep the record open for two weeks. i am sure my colleagues will have follow-up questions but i want to commend you for the work you are doing. after struggling and doing everything and to start stepping back and asking why is what a lot of us are doing on behalf of moms and dads across the country. this appears that the solution may not be easy but this interaction with genetics and immunology as well as the a marmot the factors is where we should head. i want to thank you for all the

research you have done. i think you should try to go head to head of an aura arithmetic question when we are done. thank you everyone for coming. the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010]

[no audio] [no audio] >> on cspan today, candidate speeches from last and primary elections. that is followed by today's "washington journal." later, live coverage of the senate environment committee as they look into the chemical disbursements in the cleanup of the gulf of mexico oil spill. this week, the senate is

expected to confirm elena kagan as the next supreme court justice. watch the debate and vote live on c-span 2 per you can also see how your senators are planning to vote and follow the entire process @ cspan's kagan confirmation home c-span.org/ >> politics, books, history, is available on cspan radio in the washington does baltimore avarea that 90.1 you can hear it online at c- span.org. >> thank you all. thank you all for being here.

what a great day for our party. what a great day for missouri and what a great day for the future when brian cope wrote me and asked me to come to the plant and the time i want to, this is not exactly what he had in mind. [laughter] we are here tonight because he wrote that letter and said that these 32 jobs will not be here any longer if things like capt. and trade happen. this is the kind of campaign about drops. this is a campaign about opportunity for this is the campaign about what we do to create more private-sector jobs and get the federal government under control. not enough jobs [applause] not enough jobs, too much government spending, too much government interference, and by the way, missouri spoke loud and clear today about their view of government controlled health

care. [applause] the first of voters in america to send that message to washington, d.c. -- we want a health care system that works for people, not a health care system that works for the government. [applause] i think they will send another message about health care and a cap and trade and tax policy and government that is bigger than the people in november, 90 days from now. we will be part of that. this is a campaign about whether the government is bigger than the people or the people are bigger than the government. in our country, the people have been bigger than the government and they want to insure that they continue to be bigger than the government. ronald reagan said that liberty cannot be passed along in the

bloodstream. he said that every generation of americans as to secure freedom for itself. this is the time. 2010 it the time when the generations of americans alive today to decide if we will extend the lease on freedom for another generation or not. [applause] because, ronald reagan could have said that and a generation of americans can lose freedom for a long time. freedom is easier to hold onto that it is to get back. this big government extra agenda that not even all the democrats in washington will support, the democrats and independents and republicans in missouri will say that that is not who we want to bayberry we want to be the united states of america. we want to be a country that stands for freedom and the world. we want to be a country that

does not with government had a people, that puts people ahead of government and works to create private sector jobs that insure the future of our families in a free society. [applause] thank you all. thank you all. a great night in our state. the first and the last 90 days will send a message to washington and if i get to take that message to washington for you, it is a message that every day, for the next six years, i will do everything i can to represent missouri values and represent a country where the people are bigger than the government. thank you, all. [applause] ♪

[life is a highway] ♪ [no audio] [no audio] >> >> hi there. thank you all for being out here

tonight. it is my great honor to be your democratic for the united states senate. [applause] you know, missourians expect a senator that can stand up to the special interest in washington and not get cozy with them. they deserve somebody who will fight and be on their side. that is exactly what i intend to do in the united states senate. [applause] i just want to start by thanking all of you all for coming out and thank you for your hard work and your support and your friendship. all of these years. husband and mother is here. thank you all.

they deserve special thanks for their love and support and patience through all of that spirit and to my campaign team, would you all raise your hands wherever you are out there? [applause] i have got a great, great team. they work day and night to win this election because they understand how high the stakes are for both our state and our nation. i want all of you tonight to do something for me. i want you to take a minute and maybe a couple of hours, savor this victory, and celebrate this victory, but do it just for tonight. because tomorrow, the work begins. the work begins because we have 91 days in this battle ahead and we know that tonight's results confirm what we thought we knew which is that there will be a

clear choice in this election. there will be a choice between my record of standing up every single day for missouri families and a record of congressman roy blunt who for 14 years has been in washington getting cozy with special interests and standing up for big oil companies and insurance companies and wall street banks and that is the choice in this election. we will get to that. [applause] cleaning up after those like congressman blunt who have been conned -- washington wait too long is what this election will be all about. whether i am in cameron or blue springs court st. charles, there is one thing i hear over and over again and that is missourians are fed up with business as usual in washington. we will never get our economy going again. we will never create the jobs we need right here or get our budget balanced and stop the

wasteful spending on less we change what is broken in washington. [applause] many of you all know i still run our family cattle farm. you learn a lot of lessons on the farm. there are things you can apply to the rest of your life. one of those lessons -- yes, i learned to know bull when i see it. [applause] that is coming in pretty handy these days. one of the other things i learned is that when something breaks, you fix it. you don't bicker, you don't complain, you don't blame someone else, you don't say it is too hard or complicated. you fix it. to me, washington is broken right now. we need to set about fixing it, not bigger and complaining or blaming someone else, but set about fixing it.

washington continues to have a culture that all too often breeds corruption and influence- peddling and caters to the powerful special interest groups instead of regular people. it encourages waste laws banning and does not hold people accountable for our our money gets spent. they are looking out for wall street more than main street and that got our economy into the biggest mess we have seen in our lifetime and that is what we have to fix and stop. i am running for the united states senate to do just that [applause] how we fix the things that are broken in washington is what i have been talking about. some of you have been out there. i have been on my "stop the of bull"tour. i will talk about how we put missouri family's first before

the too big to fail. i will talk about the culture of corruption that has taken over too many people out there. here in missouri as secretary of state, i have been able to succeed by knowing who i work for and never forgetting that. first and foremost, we have been looking out for consumers, particularly seniors, against big financial interests who have taken advantage. we have gotten back over $10 billion for tens of thousands of people at a time when people in washington were asleep at the switch. [applause] yes. and we have been looking out for small businesses and cutting costs and cutting red tape and that is what i think that should be about the bacon -- so they can grow their businesses. standing on the side of missouri families against big interest on wall street or washington is what i have done as secretary of state and that is what i will continue to do in the united

states senate. unfortunately, we all know that there are some folks who just don't agree with that. there are some folks like my opponent, congressman roy blunt, who have been in washington too long. i know and you know that he can sometimes sound good when he comes out here to missouri and flies out and gets in that rented pick-up truck [applause] puts on that plaid shirt and says he is looking out for us. the problem is, his record in washington tells a very different story. i need to give you a couple of examples about that. this will be important in this election. congressman blunt loves to say that he is worried about the deficit. i am more about that, too. the difference is that when he was in charge, one of the top leaders in the house, and had a chance to do some about that, we went from having $128 billion surplus to a $1.20 trillion in

debt. under his watch. he also likes to brag about how he is a fiscal conservative. it turns out he is the king of wasteful earmarked for it under his watch, we went from having 1600 of these earmarked in our budget to 12,000. it was a sevenfold increase, to $25 billion. when it comes to a wasteful spending and the deficit, congressman blunt is not part of the solution. he is part of the problem and has been for the last 10 years for it when you hear that, in the next 30 days, next 90 days, here is what i want you to say -- bulll. you need to say it. this guy is not just the king of pork "is mr. bellsouth. -- he is mr. bell out. -- he is mr. bailout. he helped bail out the bags to

the tune of $700 billion. and then every time he had a chance to hold accountable, and guess whose side he came down on? he was right there with wall street and has taken more than $1.5 million from big financial interests. that is not a coincidence. you think? that is not a coincidence. folks on wall street are calling congressman blunt a good investment. to me, i have another name for it -- i call bull and so should you. the last one takes the cake. congressman klug says he is looking out for us and i have a question about that. why is it that congressman wanted the top recipient in all of congress of lobbyist campaign contributions? i don't think that is a coincidence. i don't think that looking out for us. i think that bull and you need to call him on it, too.

i have a couple questions. first, what are you going to say the next time you hear congressman blunt say he will stop the wasteful spending in washington? >>bull! >> absolutely and what will you say when he says he will stand up for us against a special interest and big business? and what will you say when he says he will be in washington look out for you? >>bull/. there is no doubt there'll be a clear choice in this election between congress and blunt and may and who will be on your side. i will do what i have always done and that is spent on the side of missouri families because we know we can fix what is broken in washington and have a voice of common sense representing our sent to help get our country and our economy and our future back on track. i am running for the united

states senate to do just that. [applause] i appreciate -- i very much appreciate you all being here tonight and i want to thank you for what you have already done to get us to this place. we have 91 days till election day. if we are going to succeed on november 2, i will make everyone of you to help me every step of the way. that means knocking on doors, it means making phone calls, it means helping me raise money, it means being there by my side for this whole race. here is what i need to know from you tonight -- can i count on you? can i count on you for votes? can i count on you in this fight? can i count on you to go to my web site and sign up and be a volunteer?

can i count on you to saybull every time you see it? can i count on you to get us past a line in november? yes. that's good. [applause] i will need your energy and dedication and your help to do what we all need to do. we all have to do and that is to fix was broken in washington and get our economy and future back on track. god bless you all and thank you. [applause] thank you. i appreciated. e it. >> michigan voters went to the polls on tuesday to choose candidates for governor in the republican race, the former ceo of gateway computers when a crowded republican field with 37% of the about -- of the vote.

he will face the lansing mayor who won the democratic primary. here is election night coverage for wdiv-tv in detroit. >> welcome to the special decision. tonight, the field for michigan's next governor has been narrowed to two. >> the results continue to comment but it will be a narrow snyder face of this fall. he has won the democratic primary for governor. he beat out the speaker of the michigan house by quite a wide margin, 18 points. that is 57% of the vote counted. >> attorney general mike cox kidman third.

-- came in a third. snyder will lead the republicans in the general election. >> toughnerds found ways for people to vote republican. you are exactly right. the one nerd camp -- the one to n tougherd -- a the onetough nerd campaign worked. this is a man who went to the race as a bed of an outsider who is not a career politician. he has been criticized widely for skipping through the base for you can hear the crowd chanting," let's go ,rick." he said he would not come to the

2.llroom until 11:0 it looks like he is making his way into the ball right now. he was staying in his hotel room at the marriott since about 2:00 this afternoon, watching the results come in with his family. you can hear the music getting louder as we wait for him to take the stage. >> as we watch these votes come in tonight, he had an early lead and the lead kept growing. i don't know anybody who thought there might be a double-digit lead in a field of candidates with five candidates in it. our people surprised? -- our people surprised? >> they were not surprised. a couple of minutes after 8:00, we checked in with his campaign staff and i could not believe

how confident they were. they said they were optimistic and they said he was cool, calm, and collected. they said they felt great and that was early on in the evening, shortly after 8:00. >> he said he will speak 11:00 2. >> i think it might be a situation where they are building the anticipation out here and the crowd has been accepted. >> he may be taking calls. we will get back to you at the wreck snyder celebration. we will tough nerd who will lead the republican party in

november. now to the democrats. >> we will get you back there as soon as we are ready to year from rex matter but in the meantime, we go live to detroit. i am not sure that people thought this kind of margin would occur tonight, either. >> no doubt, i think it is a big shock when you look at the numbers. banero is here live. i have to ask you quickly, about one year ago you were known as the angriest mayor in america. how are you feeling tonight? >> i am not as angry tonight but there is a lot of anger out there and that is what we are responding to and we will put people back to work. people have been left behind in this economy by a government that has not answered their needs. >> what is the game plan in november? >> became plan is to continue to reach out to people and the people-powered campaign.

we will invest in main street and jobs here. >> we have to let mr.banero talk to another reporter. he said from the beginning of that his focus is jobs. after he got uaw endorsement and talked to the voters and about his family history because his father worked for general motors for many years. he spoke directly to the people and said his focus is jobs. he is very etc. with the outcome tonight. he is no longer the angriest man and the united states. >> thank you. let's get to rick snyder who was at the podium. >> we got on board with having a vision, a plan, and action to reinvent michigan. [applause] thank you. you work hard.

we were part as a team and michigan has spoken [applause] we've got a new definition for nerd now, don't wait [applause] ? e? tonight we have taken a giant step forward into creating a path for ms. [applause] chicken darimichigan. this campaign has been about creating a future for michigan where we can all went together. -- when together. win to get a [applause] let me share some thank you for it and want to congratulate my upon us for they are good, hard-

working, well-intentioned people who ran a good race and we welcome them to join us [applause] . i have some special thanks -- to the woman who started all the s -- [applause] -- bess. this --. when you go out to dinner with your spouse and she says that we need to talk, they can be good words, right to [applause] ? ? i need to thank the children. they have been wonderful, jeff, melissa, and kelsey, thank you for your support. [applause]

jeff has been volunteering on the campaign. mullis it turned 18 and she voted for her first time to a [applause] that. >> there you have but, rick snyder accepting the nomination of his party. we have two candidates who have little use for neckties. that will tell you about where things are headed. it will be unconventional because of the presence of somebody like rick snyder. >> that is the pity of elections, that you cannot predict who the people will say who they want. we have two people that maybe the newspapers were not exactly looking for. >> it will be fascinating how this all plays out. it was a tight race for the republicans coming in tonight and i don't think anybody saw the margin coming. nobody saw a double digit wind coming out of the republicans. >> let's go live in the

hudsonville. >> good evening from west michigan. the congressman is still on the floor talking to his supporters for about 25 minutes ago, he called iraq's matter to congratulate him and he conceded without a trace of bitterness. take a listen. >> we want to thank you all for your support for the last year. i have called rick snyder but i did not get through to him i left a message congratulating him on his victory tonight. it is not the result that we expected, not the result that some many of us work so hard for over the last 12 months. >> congress hoakstra said he

would not seek reelection for his seat and he is not sure what the future holds but he is excited to find out and for now, he will be out of public life. he was very gracious them off there was a third head in this triumvirate of strong republican campaigns. mike cox did not come out the way he helped them we go live to his campaign headquarters. >> mike cox has a combative image but gave a gracious concession speech tonight with his wife laura at his side for the bank his supporters and family and congratulated wreck snyder on running a great race and urged republicans to rally around him in november. >> i want every republican out there to take part. heart. there really is a hunger and

hankering for a change in michigan. we will ask you to use that this year and capture that and bottle that and take it all across the state and explain to our independence and democrat brothers and sisters why it is that michigan needs new ideas and new force and new energy. >> mike cox says he has no idea what he will do after 21 years of public service which will end in january, but he says they will have to drag him out by his fingernails. >> i misspoke earlier, i said he had the endorsement of the detroit news, but it was mike cox. go back to the democrats. andy dylan has conceded tonight. >> ok, let's go to the

antidillon campaign. >> supporters are shellshocked and d andyillon is gracious person he is still working in this room and talking to supporters. the supporters are telling me they are shut d becauseillon -- a because dillon was the last to declare his candidacy. the challenger until days ago and had a low recognition. of dillon couldi of not keep up with dollar for dollar support. let's listen to him now telling his supporters and talking about negative campaigning and telling the other candidates to keep it clean them .

>> we should talk about who should provide the next leadership but let's stop the negative campaigning and the pettiness that has nothing to do about the future of our state. [applause] >> bing supporter dillon. he is the major part of -- he is the mayor. >> thank you. >> in other michigan election news, congresswomen carolyn kilpatrick lost her primary on tuesday to state senator hampton clark.

she was a representative for more than 13 years. in kansas, the republicans lost the senate nomination tuesday night. congress teaharsman teahart spoo supporters. >> thank you very much. i love you all. >> yes, we do [applause] . >> i want to congratulate jerry mar rented he will be the next senator from kansas. we ran a strong campaign. it was 550 days [applause]

i cannot say thank-you to all the volunteers who put out some of for this campaign. we saw people take time off of work, what their precincts, an elderly gentleman in one county 77-year-old walked three precincts in 100-degree weather. >> that's right. [applause] >> cindy dorothy in johnson county, a gulf war veteran who contracted multiple sclerosis walked with two crutches, walked more than 20% by herself in june and july. [applause]

i know many people hear what their precinct and made phone calls and went out of your way to help us try to win this election and make a better america. i have not lost faith in the system. we have a great country. we are a resilient country you have just made a strong burst of god bless each and everyone of you. -- you have just make it stronger so god bless each and everyone of you. [applause] i think we talked about what kansans wanted to hear. we won the fourth district of kansas [applause] even though there are some precincts out -- we won the third district of kansas

[applause] we ran a really good race and i am proud of the people that stood with me. i am proud of the people that walked and made phone calls and handed out literature. we are very proud of you and thank you for being the pioneer spirit, the hard workers that created a great state and will continue to make this a great country. i want to let my wife vicki say a few things. we have many people to back. -- to thank. i want to thank patricia stoneking. [applause] and the executive director of kansas for life [applause] . i want to thank paul,oore.

[applause] and pageroth, the head of the kansas college republicans. [applause] they all took a risk because they believed that we could do this and wanted thank you for putting faith in me and i am sorry that we did not get across the finish line as well as we hoped to. i am in your debt. i thank you very much for being a. courageous. [applause] you all know my wife vicki. from my perspective, she has been a hard act to follow a [laughter]

people would ask on the campaign trail where my wife vicki was. they were disappointed when they said she was somewhere else in the state. she has been a great and. advocate . she has been a wonderful campaigner, a great mother, a wonderful wife, and the lovely person. i will turn it over to the [applause] key. -- avicky. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you to all of you who worked so hard and put your hearts in this campaign. we love you all. you are awesome. we are a. winners tonight. [applause] it is great to be here with todd and jessica and john and we miss but our family sticks

together. [applause] we encourage everyone in kansas to put each other first party your marriage is more and portent to jobs, even more so than your congressman. [applause] your family and your kids are more important in washington, d.c., stick together. [applause] stick together. [applause] how about baker university? [applause] they endorsed a toddtiahrt and so did benedictine. [applause]

wichita state! [applause] here he is [applause] thank you. , kent state. thank you. [applause] thank you can't state college republicans. [applause] we are so honored to have had your support. we think you are awesome and we can't wait to what doors and 2 per it for you all when you run for office. you are great and we loved [applause] -- we love you. [applause]

i could not have gotten around to say that if it had not been from the lady who drove me all over, thank you. [applause] we are not finished, folks. thank you to all the tea party story we will party on and take our government back. [applause] week women know that for every time government raises taxes and takes money from our kitchen tables and our kids and that makes our blood boil when they waste our money and we will work to get our government back on track. [applause]

thank you for being part of the process. we love you all and thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you all. god bless you [applause] . >> now the winner of the kansas republican primary race, congress been mo jerryran bush spoke to -- congressman jerry moran. >> thank you all very, very much. thank you. my guest is we have a younger audience than we did earlier [applause]

that makes a lot of sense to me because what we need to do in this country is make sure that the next generation of americans have a bright future and they can live their dreams [applause] and they can enjoy the freedoms and liberties that are guaranteed by our constitution. it is a great privilege to have this opportunity to address you tonight and first of all to tell you thank you so much. a candidate matters i suppose to some degree but the reality is that other people win elections for candidates for the united states senate and you all did that for me. [applause] i got interested in public service because i believe we live in a great state and people who live in our state enjoy

equality of like that is worth preserving for another generation. i realize that our government in washington, d.c. has lost touch with americans and forgot to listen to us and they are out of touch and it is time for us to restore good common sense, good conservative values to washington, a [applause] d.c. [jerry, jerry, jerry] ." >> we have so many wonderful friends in kansas and have made some new ones are the last few months and i have always considered kansas as a place like family and we will do everything to be a part of your family that you will be proud of. we will work hard to be elected in november and do this not for our glory, but for a belief that

america can be a country different than today and one that increases the chances that another generation of americans have a beautiful life. [applause] i also want to acknowledge the humility that this presents. this is a very humbling experience for what used to be a small town boy from plainville, kan.. i happened to be a kid who liked politics and what i read in history and biography and that cost the to have an interest in our country. no one would ever look at my background and think i would grow and have a chance to be a united states senator from the state of kansas. i am humbled by the opportunity i have given. -- i have been given for it i will never forget how i got here and always remain true to people here tonight who express their will and the voters across our

state to make a decision about the direction our country should go. i want to tell you that i started the midday in my home town of plainville, i started the day with myself at the altar on my knees and ask for god's blessing and guidance and direction and with ever came about today would be fine with me because god's will and my life is important to [applause] -- his. important -- is important. [applause] as i said, nothing is done by yourself and while you all have been great supporters, let me also express my appreciation to my family. [applause]

i am honored by your enthusiasm. let's take this enthusiasm and ticket to november and restore america. [applause] and finally, thank you very much to the post of the republican party. we are honored to be here tonight. thank you very much perry [applause] thank you all very, very much. god bless you and america, thank you. [applause] >> on c-span to a "washington journal day," is next live with your friend calls for a live

coverage of the senate environment committee as they look into the use of chemical disbursements in the cleanup of the gulf of mexico oil spill. and in about 45 minutes, the founder and president of the national black farmers' association will discuss a class-action lawsuit by black farmers against the agriculture department. at 8:30 eastern, we will look at immigration with latino