U.S. to start $3.2 bln child health study in January

So sad. All those billions will be spent and I will bet you that almost nothing of value will come from it.

"A study that will cost $3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U.S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U.S. health officials said on Friday.

The National Children's Study will examine factors behind autism, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, birth defects, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, obesity and other conditions, the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health said.

NIH officials said they hope the study, to be conducted at 105 locations throughout the United States, can help pinpoint early-life influences that affect later development, with the goal of learning new ways to treat or prevent illness.

The study will examine hereditary and environmental factors such as exposure to certain chemicals that affect health.

Researchers will collect genetic and biological samples from people in the study as well as samples from the homes of the women and their babies including air, water, dust and materials used to construct their residences, the NIH said."

I wager that all they will find are that lots of things are associated with lots of conditions and that they will develop drugs and other treatments with side effects and almost no direct beneficial effects.

Oh, and that more research will be needed.

What they will not find is that parents are responsible for many of the bad illnesses suffered by children, e.g., nutritional child abuse and its sequelae, since this is politically incorrect.

Though it is factually correct.

"Scheidt said the study also may end up being the largest ever conducted with pregnant women."

At least this is correct:

As the Brits say, "The study will be a pile of Scheidt."