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The debates and controversies have raged. Never before in history
has vaccine's been so controversial. Are we playing Russian
Roulette with our children, and if so, who is holding the gun?
It takes courage to tell mercury story
- In 1988 the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch won the Pulitzer Prize for
feature writing. "AIDS in the Heartland" chronicled an AIDS patient from
diagnosis to death. Setting the Pioneer Press apart was more than simply
the passionate writing of reporter Jacqui Banaszynski. Great journalism
has an attitude.
Autism: Genetic Disorder Or Mercury Poisoning?
- Autism is defined as a developmental disability that by age three will
effect children's non-verbal and verbal communication. But, the
question that has yet to be answered is how these seemingly perfect
children come down with such a debilitating disorder? Dr. Sue
Anderson said year’s population studies have shown it's in their genes.
"There seems to be a genetic component. We know there are some families
in which more than one child is affected or first degree relatives are
affected," said Dr. Anderson, of the Kluge Children's Hospital. By
Lindsay Puccio
Can Childhood Vaccines Cause Autism?
- The debate is heating up over the cause of an alarming increase in the
number of childen with autism. Some parents blame childhood vaccines,
but federal health officials say there's no scientific proof of any
connection. Michaela Blaxill's parents say she was a normal baby, but
that changed. "Sometime between her first and second year of life she
slipped away, sort of quietly," says Michaela's father Mark Blaxill.
"She lost the speech she had begun to acquire, she started disconnecting
socially," he adds. By CBS4
Feuding Over Vaccines
- It's a situation Northern Virginia pediatrician James R. Baugh says he
and his partners find themselves confronting with increasing regularity:
A parent, usually a mother, refuses a scheduled immunization because she
has read on the Internet that it could cause her baby to develop autism.
"My last patient just did it," said Baugh, who estimates he and his 11
partners each grapple with parents who refuse some or all immunizations
about twice a month. Most recently, he said last week, the mother of a
2-month-old said she didn't want her daughter to receive the vaccine
against measles, mumps and rubella or any other immunization federal
health officials recommend to protect children from childhood diseases,
some of them fatal. By
Sandra G. Boodman
The MMR sceptic who just doesn't understand science
/ Research is all about error. Either learn how to interpret data
yourself, or trust those who can do it for you. - Whatever you have been
told, science is not about certainty. And this creates problems for
those health professionals who are charged with interpreting and
relating data to the general public. We are expected to refute wholesale
misunderstandings, in a popular forum, to people who may well be
intelligent but who know nothing of evidence-based medicine, in
soundbite format. Health scares are like toothpaste: they're easy to
squeeze out, but very difficult to get back in the tube. On Monday, for
example, Melanie Phillips of the Daily Mail wrote yet another attack on
the MMR vaccine. She suggested that the journalists who trusted the new
Cochrane review, which shows that MMR is probably safe and not linked to
autism, were lazy stooges who took the press release at face value. By
Ben Goldacre
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A Battle Over the Link Between Vaccines and
Autism
- Scientists and consumer organizations disagree whether vaccinating
children is a factor with autism. The condition known as autism has
caused a heavyweight fight in children's healthcare. In one corner, are
scientists and pharmaceutical companies, claiming vaccines don't cause
autism. In the other corner, consumer organizations are saying there is
irrefutable evidence that some vaccinations do. Peter Hotez is a vaccine
researcher at George Washington University. "I conclude there is no
relationship between vaccines and autism. There is no relationship
between Thymerasol and autism. And I don't even believe that there is a
relationship between mercury and autism." Barbara Loe Fisher, of the
National Vaccine Information Center, says that after a quarter century
of vaccinations, evidence suggests otherwise. By Bill Wilson |
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A Dragon By The Tail
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A byronchild world exclusive report -
On the eve of an historic, billion-dollar world vaccination campaign,
a leaked transcript ignites questions of vaccine safety and research
corruption. Meanwhile, US senators fast-track a bill to protect
vaccine manufacturers from litigation. With millions of lives at
stake, and billions of dollars to loose, will a merger of
philanthropy, big business and compromised science win an epic race
between corporate agendas and medical ethics? In this world exclusive
report, byronchild exposes how the most powerful medical
research bodies in the United States compromise their vaccine safety
research for vested interests, as they assist in a global vaccine
policy, while a bill looms in the background to protect it all. By
Lisa Reagan
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A family's crusade / Carthage couple say mercury agentin vaccines
caused son's autism - It started with him fidgeting, then continually
lining up toys and other objects. At times, he had emotional outbursts
far beyond what would be normal for the circumstances. He developed
allergies, eczema and asthma. Then, after a flu shot late in 2002, all of
those problems accelerated. "It all hit warp speed, just like in 'Star
Wars,'" said Lujene Clark. "Everything just became so dramatic, including
his behavior." Alan Clark, a 30-year emergency room physician, and Lujene
Clark, a former nurse, didn't recognize the symptoms in their 8-year-old
son, Devon. They were shocked when the formerly active, bright-eyed child
was diagnosed with a form of autism, and when they learned what they
believe is the cause by Susan Redden |
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Paper
Rebuts
Article
Purporting
a
Connection
Between
Thimerosal
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linking
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AUTISM - U.S.
GOVERNMENT VACCINE INJURY COURT UNCONSTITUTIONAL ....Illegal Statute
Exposed......Thousands of Vaccine Injured Children Are Without Legal Rights.
Autism is affecting hundreds of thousands of children. Thimerosal (a mercury
compound) was intentionally injected into children via baby vaccines in
order to increase pharmaceutical profits by way of reducing packaging costs.
The U.S. Government has an illegal (3) year statute of limitations provision
within the vaccine injury court that will dismiss injury cases filed by
parents seeking relief for their vaccine injured children by PRWeb |
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Autism, ADD, ADHA - Vaccine Relate
- According to the most recent estimates by the CDC, about 1 in 150
children in the US suffers from an autistic disorder. Recent studies
have shown that exposure to mercury in childhood vaccines, not only
causes autism but can also result in immune, sensory, neurological,
motor, and behavioral dysfunctions similar to traits associated with
autism. Thimerosal is a vaccine preservative that was developed in the
1930s by Eli Lilly, and has been regularly used in vaccines ever
since. It contains 49.5% mercury. The amount of mercury considered
safe for adults, by the EPA is 0.1 microgram per kilogram of weight.
As a neurotoxin, thimerosal, has been linked to the depletion of the
protective anti-oxidant, glutathione, which helps rid the body of
mercury. People with autism seem to be more susceptible to this effect
and most have low levels of glutathione. Therefore, their bodies have
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Autism
linked
to
preservative
in
common
childhood
vaccines
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Alarmed
U.S.
researchers
peg
mercury-based
chemical
as
'smoking
gun'
by
Sharon
Kirkey
CanWest
News
Service
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Autism - Mercury Poisoning, Epidemic levels breached ...How
Did This Happen?
The autism tragedy has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. and in
other countries. Affected children number in the hundreds of
thousands. - Every American child entering the public school
system is required to receive 21 specified vaccinations designed to
protect them from dangerous diseases. In his book, Mercury: The Winged
Messenger (now available at online booksellers), Courtney L. Zietzke
writes that a chemical added to those vaccines has exposed children to
dangerous levels of toxic mercury, that has caused debilitating autism
with the government’s full knowledge. Zietzke, who learned of this
dilemma after his own son became autistic after receiving 21
vaccinations before 16 months of age, has written Mercury: The Winged
Messenger to inform people about the intentional addition of a deadly
chemical to vaccines and the subsequent cover-up of this problem by
officials. The chemical additive Thimersoal has been added to
vaccinations intentionally in order to maximize pharmaceutical profits
from multi-dose vaccine bottles. Zietzke writes that about 50 percent
of Thimerosal is mercury, a chemical the U.S. government has known is
toxic since 1930. Despite clear warning signs and a sharp increase in
sudden child autism, the government is protecting drug companies,
Zietzke explains. / Press Release
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Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines -- NOW!
- Mercury-based thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood
vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of
neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning
disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary
greatly depending on who you listen to. Some experts say there are
about 800,000 learning disabled children in the US, while others put
the number as high as eight million, according to Dr. Jay Gordon. By
Evelyn J. Pringle |
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Autism - Mercury Poisoning, Epidemic levels breached ...How
Did This Happen?
The autism tragedy has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. and in
other countries. Affected children number in the hundreds of
thousands. - Every American child entering the public school
system is required to receive 21 specified vaccinations designed to
protect them from dangerous diseases. In his book, Mercury: The Winged
Messenger (now available at online booksellers), Courtney L. Zietzke
writes that a chemical added to those vaccines has exposed children to
dangerous levels of toxic mercury, that has caused debilitating autism
with the government’s full knowledge. Zietzke, who learned of this
dilemma after his own son became autistic after receiving 21
vaccinations before 16 months of age, has written Mercury: The Winged
Messenger to inform people about the intentional addition of a deadly
chemical to vaccines and the subsequent cover-up of this problem by
officials. The chemical additive Thimersoal has been added to
vaccinations intentionally in order to maximize pharmaceutical profits
from multi-dose vaccine bottles. Zietzke writes that about 50 percent
of Thimerosal is mercury, a chemical the U.S. government has known is
toxic since 1930. Despite clear warning signs and a sharp increase in
sudden child autism, the government is protecting drug companies,
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Autism – Mercury Poisoning in Thousands of Children.
U.S. Congress Probing Relationship Between FDA & Big Pharma
/ The U.S. Congress is finally starting to investigate the
possible conflict of interest connection between big pharma and the FDA.
Thousands of children have been vaccine injured from mercury laden baby
vaccines that were required for all school age children -- The U.S.
Congress has begun to investigate conflict of interest concerns between
big Pharma and the FDA. In a move to keep up public confidence, the U.S.
Congress has begun raising questions about the drug approval process.
Recently, questions began to surface about a host of drugs that are now
being pulled from the market because of cardiovascular damage that can
occur from continued use. The U.S. congress is examining in particular
the relationship that exists between the FDA, big pharma and the rapid
approval process that was employed in order to get these drugs to market.
The U.S. congress indicated that a “cozy” relationship exists. / Press
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AUTISM-MERCURY POISONING...IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. NEW BOOK TITLED, MERCURY: THE
WINGED MESENGER, explains the facts that surround this international tragedy
- The U.S. Government has denied the link between Autism and Mercury
Poisoning however, current research and the C.D.C. report that was
intentionally buried and marked "Do Not Copy or Release" says otherwise.
Concerned parents are outraged by PRweb - Press Release |
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Autism
Study
finds
no
links
to
Autism
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AUTISM-MERCURY LINK APPEARS TO BE ESTABLISHED, attempted cover up by the
U.S. Government is suspected - As many as 300,000 children are
currently diagnosed with Autism in the U.S. and in Europe. A new book
titled, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESSENGER, begins to explain why this
international atrocity happened and the role that the Government has
played in this developing tragedy by PRNews / Press Release - 8/2004 |
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BABY VACCINE AUTISM FEAR - Babies are reportedly
to stop being given a vaccine containing mercury amid fears of a link to
autism," by Sky News UK - 8/2004 |
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Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push - "Supporters
of a bill that would ban a mercury-based preservative from vaccines for
children and pregnant women in California are making a last-minute push to
get the measure passed before lawmakers go home Aug. 31," by Sandy Kleffman |
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Truthful About Vaccines Or Keep Away From My Children - "OK, I thought I
would be able to write something calm and balanced, drawing on both sides of
the arguments for and against childhood vaccinations. But I’m so furious at
being LIED to time after time by the government that nothing very calm comes
to mind. I made sure my children’s vaccinations did
not include the mercury- based preservative thiomersal, despite assurance
from the Glasgow public health doctor himself, on the phone, that it was
"perfectly safe" by Carmen Reid - Opinion |
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Bid to stem new vaccine safety
fears - Executive takes action to prevent the hysteria seen in MMR
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Jab
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The
Observer
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Childhood vaccines victims of own success - For decades, doctors have
urged parents to have their children vaccinated, a practice that has helped
quell or eliminate some of the most deadly communicable diseases. But about
15 percent of adults do not believe vaccines are necessary to prevent
certain diseases. And a persistent rumor linking vaccination with autism has
led some parents to keep their children from being immunized," by Dennis
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Autism
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2003
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David Ayoub - Thimerosal Definite Cause Of Autism - To
what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that current epidemic
of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, in
childhood vaccines? In response to this question, David Ayoub,
MD, told Independent Media TV, ''I can state that the certainty of the
science supporting mercury as a major cause of autism is probably more
overpowering than the science behind any other disease process that I
studied dating back to medical school.'' “I think a disease that
effects more individuals than AIDS or cancer, in previously normal
infants and children,” he states, “has created a sense of urgency
amongst researchers.” By Evelyn Pringle |
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Efforts to ban preservative in flu shots revived - The government's
push this year to vaccinate young children against the flu has triggered
new interest in banning a mercury-based preservative found in most
influenza shots. Called thimerosal, the preservative was used in many
children's vaccines until manufacturers began phasing it out in 1999 amid
concerns that mercury might contribute to autism and other developmental
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Connect
the
dots/What's
shaping
mercury
rules?
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Star
Tribune
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EPA Calls For Mercury Reductions At Power Plants
- The Bush administration this week called for the nation's
coal-burning power plants to cut their mercury emissions by 50% over
the next 15 years. While the move is hailed in some quarters as
improving air quality, critics say the mandated cuts don't go far
enough. Especially the First Coast families who say their children
have been mercury-poisoned. Children like six-year old Conner Hartigan.
Conner's parents say tests show their son, who is autistic, has a
genetic inability to excrete heavy metals like mercury from his
system. By Melissa Ross |
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to
school
shots
rules
debated
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Andy
Kanengiser
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Expelling mercury from science labs / Schools finding safe alternatives
- As mercury spills in schools disrupt classes, teachers and
environmental groups want to rid student labs of the versatile but
dangerous metal. In recent weeks, mercury was found in stairwells and
corridors of a high school in the nation's capital. The building had
to be closed twice for decontamination. Although the spills get
headlines, the use of mercury in schools actually is declining, said
Ken Roy, a physics teacher in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and
co-chairman of the National Science Teachers Association's safety
advisory board. "The awareness is so high now that I would say a good
part of it (mercury) is gone from schools," Roy said. "The problem
comes when a teacher retires, and someone new comes in and finds a
horde of it in a cabinet in a chemical storeroom. You've got to dig
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find
new
study
by
Geier
&
Geier
on
MMR
and
autism
to
be
seriously
flawed
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Clinical
Article.
Pediatric
MMR
Vaccination
Safety.
Geier
M,
Geier
D.
International
Pediatrics
2003,
18:
108-13. |
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Exposing the
Cover-Up: What the Government Doesn't Want You to Know About the Vaccine
Safety Datalink - "SafeMinds -- America's leading scientific
organization investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical
products pose to children -- in cooperation with Coalition for Mercury-free
Drugs (CoMeD), Moms Against Mercury, National Autism Association,
NoMercury.org and Unlocking Autism, will hold a press conference this
Monday, August 23, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. E.T. at the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
headquarters in northwest Washington, D.C.," by PRNewswire - Press Release |
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FDA Approves 4-in-1 Childhood Vaccine - Parents and
children may breathe a sigh of relief with the introduction of a new single
shot vaccine that protects kids against measles, mumps, rubella and
chickenpox. This could mean one less shot and one less doctor visit,
advocates say. By Steven Reinberg |
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FIRST
DO
NO
HARM
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Barbara
Loe
Fisher
and
the
National
Vaccine
Information
Center
works
to
prevent
vaccine-related
injuries
and
deaths
by
educating
the
public
about
rights
and
responsibilities
by
Neenyah
Ostrom
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Fox Does Environmental Story - But They Didn't Have An Environmenta list
- Yesterday on Studio B with Jane Skinner filling in for Shepard Smith, she
interviewed Dr. Stephen Garner with the St. Vincent's Catholic Medical
Center about the poisonous water and sludge that now fills New Orleans.
Skinner reported that 5 people so far have died from water born diseases.
She said that this may really turn into an environmental disaster if you
believe what some toxicologists are saying. Skinner said that the water is
being pumped out could end up in the lake, the Gulf or even the Mississippi.
The following is paraphrased, but pretty much verbatim: Dr. Stephen Garner:
Your damned if you do, your damned if you don't. (Comment: Is this how
Catholic doctor's talk?) You have this toxic material that not only has
sewage but all kinds of chemicals from the factories and the petroleum
plants and heavy metals. All known as carcinogenics. Cancer causing agents. You have it flooding the streets, seeping into the ground, you've got to get rid of it. The best place is to pump it into the lake. Okay, granted, not a great choice to pollute the lake but the lake gradually cleans itself through the Gulf of Mexico (Comment: And this is acceptable?) |
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Silence
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2000)
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Further evidence refuting link between MMR vaccine and autism, The Lancet
- A UK study published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET (p 963)
provides further evidence that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation is
not associated with the development of autism or other pervasive
developmental disorders (PDDs) in children. Public concern that MMR
vaccination might cause autism has led to a fall in vaccine coverage
before age 2 years, from around 92% in 1995-6 to 82% in 2002-3. Liam
Smeeth (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) and colleagues
did a ‘case-control’ study to compare the rate of MMR vaccination among
children who later developed autism or other PDDs (cases) with children
who did not develop PDDs (controls).
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as
doctor
denies
MMR
autism
link
(editorial)
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Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines -- NOW!
- Mercury-based thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood
vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of
neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning
disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary
greatly depending on who you listen to. Some experts say there are
about 800,000 learning disabled children in the US, while others put
the number as high as eight million, according to Dr. Jay Gordon. By
Evelyn J. Pringle |
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Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines Now
- Mercury-based, thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood
vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of
neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning
disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary
greatly depending on who you listen to, some experts say there are
about eight hundred-thousand learning disabled children in the US,
while others put the number as high as eight million, according to Dr
Jay Gordon. Dr Gordon is a California pediatrician who has
worked as a consultant for CBS on children's programming. He was ABC’s
medical correspondent for the "Home Show,” for 5 years and has
appeared on "Good Morning America" to discuss vaccines. On his
website, appropriately called, Dr Jay Gordon, he addresses many of
issues related to vaccine policies in the US. By New Target.com |
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California Signs Bill That Bans Mercury
in Pediatric Vaccines - Parents Applaud Action
- Thousands of children are now mentally handicapped from vaccines
that contained Thimerosal. (a neuro-toxic, mercury compound). These
children will require care and rehabilitation services for the rest of
their lives. Despite intense lobbying efforts by the pharmaceutical
industry, The California Governor recently signed a bill that eliminates
Thimerosal from children's vaccines. This is an important victory for
parents who have lived with the horror of a mercury poisoned child by
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Governor signs vaccine, sex discrimination, computer privacy bills -
SACRAMENTO
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed bills Tuesday to protect
pregnant woman and young children against mercury-containing vaccines, young
athletes against discrimination in local sports programs and computer users
against "spyware." by Steve Lawrence |
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Government's vaccine hurdle - Whatever the advantages of the proposed
new vaccination programme for babies, the Government has a major hurdle to
overcome. That will be winning the public's trust. The new injection
is aimed at guarding against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and
pneumonia. But the fall-out from the MMR triple vaccine controversy
has cast a very long shadow and a great many questions will be asked about
any vaccine - multiple or otherwise. That was always going to be one of the
long-term dangers resulting from the clumsy and very damaging way in which
the MMR vaccine issue was handled politically, by the Journal |
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Additives
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Preservatives
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Childhood
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I don't blame the MMR for my six autistic kids - "...Autism has
blighted Bev's life in ways she could never have imagined. Apart from
knowing that her children face lifetimes of extreme social
difficulties, Bev's four husbands found they couldn't cope with the
complex condition and fled. "Men find it very hard to accept that
their children aren't perfect," says Bev. "They don't accept there's a
problem and can't cope with it - so they walk away." Autism shows up
differently in each child but generally means they have an inability
to empathise or relate to other people and often have communication
problems and erratic behaviour. The hardest thing for Bev to deal with
is the alienation of autism." By Janie Lawrence And Julie
Mccaffrey - UK |
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Imus talks to his wife, Deirdre about the dangers of mercury and its
link to neurological disorders, including autism - Audio |
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Vows Revenge on WSJ, Author
- Don Imus ridiculed Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank
as "a punk" this morning, said the WSJ had impugned both him and New
York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, declared that the paper "would
never hear the end" of his ire for slamming his charity ranch in a
Page One story Thursday, and vowed to renew his contract for five more
years just so he could continue his barrage against the WSJ and Frank
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Injecting consideration into vaccinations -
The reduction of infectious disease
resulting from the use of vaccines is undoubtably one of the greatest success
stories in public health. Smallpox has been eliminated and wild polio virus
nearly eradicated because of routine immunization by
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If It's Back to School, It's Also Vaccine Time -
And even though vaccines have helped tame or
wipe out some of the most deadly diseases, about 15 percent of adults still
don't believe inoculations are necessary to prevent certain diseases. And a
persistent rumor linking vaccination with autism has led some parents to
keep their children from being immunized by
Dennis Thompson |
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Inoculating against fear
- Inoculating against fear - Doctors face parental concerns about the
growing number of childhood vaccinations - When Shawn Eisenberg was
born three years ago, her father, David, believed immunizing her
against disease "was probably one of the biggest decisions I can make
about the health of my child." After what he considered careful
research, he picked which vaccines his daughter would receive and
when. Eisenberg refused to let Shawn be vaccinated for hepatitis B at
birth because he felt her lifestyle did not put her at risk. And
Shawn didn't receive the Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine
at 2, 4 and 6 months as recommended by the Department of Health and
Human Services. The Old Bethpage father plans to take the same steps
with his infant son, Kevin. Eisenberg isn't alone. About one-third of
U.S. children were found to be under-vaccinated for more than six
months, according to a study published last week in the Journal of the
American Medical Association. And one-fourth experienced delays in
receiving many of the recommended vaccines during their first 24
months of life. By Debbe Geiger |
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Innoculations - The True
Weapons Of Mass Destruction / Causing VIDS (Vaccine Induced Diseases) An
Epidemic Of Genocide. - "One basic truth
can be used as a foundation for a mountain of lies, and if we dig down deep
enough in the mountain of lies, and bring out that truth, to set it on top
of the mountain of lies; the
entire mountain of lies will crumble under the weight of that one truth. And
there is nothing more devastating to a structure of lies than the revelation
of the truth upon which the structure of lies was built, because the shock
waves of the revelation of the truth reverberate, and continue to
reverberate throughout the Earth for generations to follow, awakening even
those people who had no desire to be awakened to the truth." (by Delamar
Duvaris as written in the preface of "Behold the Pale Horse" by William Cooper). By Rebecca Carley, M.D. - 1/2005
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Is
rubella
vaccination
playing
a
role
in
the
rise
of
autism?
by
Sandy
Mintz
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It takes courage to tell mercury story
- "...A story worth telling? About the time "AIDS in the Heartland" was
appearing in the Pioneer Press, the number of children diagnosed with
autism was one in 10,000. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention pegs the number at one in 166. During that time, the number
of immunizations on the childhood vaccination schedule more than
doubled, raising the dosage of mercury, a known neurotoxin, far above
federal safety standards. New York Times contributor David Kirby's book
"Evidence of Harm," released in April, presented both sides of the
thimerosal controversy in a documentary manner, allowing evidence (or
absence of comment) to speak for itself. The resulting picture is that
of knowledgeable parents and independent researchers challenging a
stonewalled government and scientific establishment that relies on
after-the-fact epidemiological studies, not before-the-fact safety data,
to deny the autism link. |
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Jr. lashes out at Bush at Sundance conference -
The environment is being handed back to the polluters under President George
W. Bush's policies, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday in a speech
critical of the Bush administration and the American press. Gary McKellar,
Deseret Morning NewsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. accuses Bush "and his pals" of
ruining the environment. Kennedy was speaking as part of the Tree Room
Author Series on Politics and History at actor Robert Redford's Sundance
Resort. Redford introduced Kennedy, describing him as "our strongest speaker
for the environment." "I'm not criticizing Bush because he's a Republican,"
Kennedy said. "He's the worst environmental president in our history."
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Health Check: 'How was the MMR scare sustained for so long when the evidence
showed that it was unfounded?' - Most people have heard of Andrew
Wakefield, the doctor from the Royal Free Hospital in London whose research
on children with bowel disease and autism triggered the MMR scare. Fewer
will know of Richard Horton, the editor of The Lancet, which published the
infamous paper in 1998. For six years Horton has been in the eye of the
storm as the controversy has raged around him. Now he has published a book,
MMR: Science and Fiction, containing his reflections on these troubling
events by Jeremy Laurance |
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How
to
avoid
Vaccination
by
Dr.
Koran
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I-Team Mercury Rising: Part II -
Mercury
Damaging Wisconsinites' Brains, Fertility
- Every lake, stream and river in Wisconsin
has a mercury advisory for the fish. News 3's Linda Eggert reports on what
is -- and isn't -- being done about the problem. In
Part I of
this special News 3 investigation, Eggert reported about a new state study
that -- so far -- shows one in five residents have unsafe levels of mercury.
People can get it by eating contaminated fish. What is -- and isn't --
being done about the risk. |
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Investigation:
Autism
and
Informed
Inoculation
by
Steve
Wilson
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Legacy of mistrust from MMR scare - "Overcoming the fall-out from the
MMR scare is likely to be an uphill struggle, researchers said today," by
MMR Mail |
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Limiting Use of Mercury Containing Preservative in Vaccines for Pregnant
Women - "California Assembly member Fran Pavley (D) has revised a bill
(AB 1369) that would limit use of a mercury-based preservative in vaccines
administered to pregnant women and children in a "last-minute push" to get
the legislation passed before the state Legislature recesses on Aug. 31, the
Contra Costa Times reports (Kleffman, Contra Costa Times, 8/19).," by
Medical News Today |
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Local couple sues drug giants over child vaccine - If a lawsuit
filed by an Athens area couple against several major pharmaceutical
companies ever gets before a jury, it could be the first suit over the
controversial vaccine preservative Thimerosal to go to trial in the
United States. That's according to Texas attorney James C. Ferrell,
who's representing Philip and Julie Foster of Selby Road, the parents
of a 6-year-old boy, in their lawsuit against drug giant Eli Lilly and
some two dozen other corporations, filed last October in Athens County
Common Pleas Court.
The suit alleges that the boy has suffered "devastating injuries" from
being injected with Thimerosal, a mercury-based compound used as a
preservative in packages of childhood vaccine. Some researchers have
suggested a link between Thimerosal's use to preserve vaccines and a
sharp rise in autism among children during the 1990s, though the
available studies so far are reportedly not conclusive. By Jim
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Local Mom To Protest Use Of Mercury In Vaccines
/ Oak Park Woman Says Thimerasol May Have Made Her Son Autistic -
More than 70 autism advocacy groups are converging on Capitol Hill to
publicize what they’re calling an autism epidemic. As Medical Editor
Mary Ann Childers reports, one demonstrator is a mother of three from
Oak Park who has a very personal reason for making the trip.
Six-year-old Charlie Blakely is autistic. His mother is convinced it’s
because of a mercury-based preservative called Thimerasol in childhood
vaccines. “We want to be able to protect our children from disease, but
we're not going to inject our children with mercury in order to do
that,” said Christina Blakely. By Mary Ann Childers |
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Local rep joins fight to ban toys with mercury batteries
- "... "It doesn't matter who's been naughty or nice, many Massachusetts
children will be getting mercury in their stockings this year," said
Elizabeth D. Saunders, Zero Mercury Campaign coordinator for Clean Water
Action, a coalition of environmental health organizations. "Who would expect
to find the latest toxic mercury threat in a holiday gift to a child? The
Legislature needs to take these trivial items, as well as all
mercury-containing products that have safer alternatives, off the shelves
and out of circulation," David Liscio |
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Mayo Clinic Study Suggests No Link Between Autism And
Immunizations - Over the
past 20 years, there has been speculation about a connection between
immunizations and an increase in autism. However, a study by Mayo Clinic
researchers published in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine suggests the increase may be due to improved awareness,
changes in diagnostic criteria and availability of services, not
environmental factors or immunizations. |
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Measles,
Mumps,
Rubella
Vaccine:
Through
a
Glass,
Darkly.
Wakefield
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MEASLES Vaccine Not Linked to Autism in
Children, Lancet Finds
- Children with autism, Asperger's syndrome and related ailments were
vaccinated at about the same rate as other children, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical / Bloomberg - USA |
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Merck's infant vaccine stirs new controversy
- Company said it had stopped using mercury preservative but kept
distributing stockpile for two more years - Merck & Co. continued
to supply infant vaccine containing a mercury preservative for two
years after declaring that it had eliminated the chemical. In
September 1999, amid concern about the risks of mercury in childhood
vaccines, Merck announced that the Food and Drug Administration had
approved a preservative-free version of its hepatitis B vaccine. "Now,
Merck's infant vaccine line is free of all preservatives," a Merck
news release said. But Merck continued to distribute vaccine
containing thimerosal until October 2001, according to an FDA letter
sent in response to a congressional inquiry. - LA Times |
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Mercury, Coal and Bush, Oh My
- An article in this month's Discover magazine (read the whole
great thing
here) outlines the woes of Mercury and what we as a world are and
are not doing about it. Tying most of the mercury woes to industrial
waste, and more specifically waste from coal burning power generation
plants, the articles is a stunning slap to the noggin. We are ignoring
the waste and the effects of mercury at our peril. If we don't take
drastic measures to stem that pollution and its long term effects from
even small dose exposure to this dangerous chemical vapor, then we
face a path of industrial pollution and environmental ruin that may
very well be impossible to fix. The Clinton administration proposed
reducing mercury emissions in power plants by 90 percent by 2008. But,
thinking he knew better, Bush has decided to slow that wagon down and
instead is proposing to reduce those emissions by 70 percent by 2018,
as well as to shun the Kyoto protocol, a world wide treaty to stem
ozone layer eroding emissions (of which mercury is certainly one of) I
would hate to think that business and industry concerns from Big Coal
and Big Oil guided him in those decisions. By Majikwah
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Mercury fight -
Because
mercury is concentrated in fish, people are routinely cautioned to
limit their intake of, or avoid entirely, predator varieties such as
shark, swordfish, orange roughy and tuna. Warnings to avoid eating
much freshwater fish have also been posted at major inland bodies of
water in New Hampshire. Mercury causes nerve damage and affects
people’s cardiovascular and immune systems. It is especially dangerous
in pregnant women, as it can cause permanent memory and language
problems in children. It has also been linked to autism. Last year,
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that from 1999 to
2000 630,000 newborn babies in the United States had unsafe levels of
mercury in their blood. Mercury is nasty stuff. / Editorial |
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5/03
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rising
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Zink
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Mercury Wars -Vaccines Still Contain Mercury
- "...If our Government
is to be believed then we are not going to see Thimerosal in vaccines from
now on. However in the last few months we have discovered that thimerosal-free
does not mean ‘mercury free' in USA vaccines and, in all probability, UK
vaccines. A charity in the USA has bought thimerosal free-vaccines and had
them analysed. Guess what? … They contain mercury.
Source : Health News Onlypunjab.com |
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Mercury
Wars Autism MS - This is the 5th article in the series trying to get
the UK Gov. to seek the truth about Mercury and its effects. It was
published on the BNP site three days before the UK Gov. announced the
withdraway of mercury from vaccines by PRWeb - Press Release - 8/2004 |
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Vaccination--
Dr.
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Mercury in Air Pollution: A Link to Autism?
- Can mercury in air pollution cause autism? Nobody knows. But a new
study suggests it's worth a look. Mercury is one heck of a toxic
substance. A fraction of a teaspoon can render all the fish in a
20-acre lake unsafe to eat. A recent Institute of Medicine study found
no link between the tiny amounts of mercury in
childhood vaccines and autism.
childhood vaccines and autism. But the jury is still out on
whether prenatal exposure to mercury might affect brain development.
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Mercury pollution linked to autism
- Mercury released primarily from coal-fired power plants may be
contributing to an increase in the number of cases of autism, a Texas
researcher says. A new study has found that autism - a
developmental disorder marked by communication and social interaction
problems - increased in Texas counties as mercury emissions rose, said
Claudia Miller, a family and community medicine professor at the
University of Texas Health Science Centre in San Antonio. By Sci
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More Parents to Receive Funding in MMR Damages Fight
- A group of
parents who believe their children were damaged by the controversial MMR
vaccine said today they are expecting a partial U-turn on the decision to
cut funding for their legal fight, by Dave Higgins |
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MMR AND AUTISM: The link really has been established
- "A new study has confirmed a definite causal link between the MMR
(measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism - and it has used the same data
employed by an earlier study that governments have relied on to deny the
link. The vaccine increases the risk of autism by 850 per cent, or
nearly 500 per cent if we allow for greater diagnostic awareness, one of the
major arguments put forward for the sudden increase in autism.," by Chris
Gupta |
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MMR
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so
what's
the
scare?
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MMR
CONTROVERSY
covered
by
BBC
News,
UK
Edition
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February
2004
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Daily
Record
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MMR parents win legal victory - Up to 100 families who allege that their
children were damaged by the MMR vaccine are to receive legal aid to sue the
drugs companies behind the controversial inoculation. Following an
intervention last week by Mr Justice Keith, the High Court judge presiding
over the multi-million pound lawsuit launched against the manufacturers of
the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, The Observer has
learnt that the families are set to be granted aid to pursue their claims
against the vaccine's manufacturers. Without the money, the families would
not be able to continue their legal fight, by Jamie Doward - UK |
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MMR report 'not denial of autism link' - "...'Children with Asperger's
syndrome and high-functioning autism, who have minimal speech and
behaviour impairments and are thus not diagnosed as early as more
profoundly affected children, are especially likely to be undercounted in
this study.'" |
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vaccine is not linked with autism, says Danish study - Rapid Responses
from 11/2002 - 10/2004 |
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MMR plea to parents
- have lost confidence in the MMR injection because health officials
aren't open enough, according to a new report. A Salford University
health expert has called for greater openness in the MMR debate after
the uptake of the vaccine in Britain slumped to the lowest levels in
the developed world. Prof Paul Bellaby claims the panic over the link
between the measles, mumps and rubella jab to autism should not be
blamed on the now discredited study by Andrew Wakefield. By
Rebecca Camber |
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MMR scare doctor faces list of charges - The doctor
who sparked a worldwide scare over the MMR vaccine faces a six-week hearing
before the General Medical Council (GMC) over allegations of serious
professional misconduct, including dishonesty and intending to mislead.
A list of preliminary charges served on Dr Andrew Wakefield alleges that his
research, which purported to find a possible link between MMR and autism,
led to 11 different counts of misconduct. It is claimed in the papers that
he acted unethically, in a manner likely to bring the medical profession
into disrepute and against the best interests of autistic child patients. By
Brian Deer |
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MRI shows brain changes underlying language deficits in autism - A
significant new brain imaging study shows clear brain differences between
autistic boys with language impairment and those with normal language
development. The study, published October 11, 2004, in the online edition
of the Annals of Neurology, found that a language center of the
brain -- Broca's area -- is apparently normal in autistic boys who have
normal language capabilities by EurekAlert / Press Release |
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The MMR sceptic who just doesn't understand science
/ Research is all about error. Either learn how to interpret data
yourself, or trust those who can do it for you. - Whatever you have been
told, science is not about certainty. And this creates problems for
those health professionals who are charged with interpreting and
relating data to the general public. We are expected to refute wholesale
misunderstandings, in a popular forum, to people who may well be
intelligent but who know nothing of evidence-based medicine, in
soundbite format.Health scares are like toothpaste: they're easy to
squeeze out, but very difficult to get back in the tube. On Monday, for
example, Melanie Phillips of the Daily Mail wrote yet another attack on
the MMR vaccine. She suggested that the journalists who trusted the new
Cochrane review, which shows that MMR is probably safe and not linked to
autism, were lazy stooges who took the press release at face value. By
Ben Goldacre |
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MMR
vaccine does not cause autism, new evidence - According to new
evidence, the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) is not at all
linked to autism. The research also indicated that it is not linked to
other developmental problems. In 1995, 92% of UK kids had the MMR vaccine.
Then there was a scare. Numbers dropped to 82% in 2002. Dr Liam Smeeth,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, study leader, said "We
have found no convincing evidence that MMR vaccination increases the risk
of autism. No significant association has been found in rigorous studies
in a range of different settings." (The Lancet). Doctors around the UK are
voicing concern at the lower numbers of children having the MMR vaccine.
They worry that the number of people getting measles, mumps and rubella
will increase.
Source
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MMR vaccinations fall to new low - The long-running controversy over
the vaccination - now into its sixth year - looked to be going the
government's way. The Lancet medical journal this year retracted part of
the 1998 article in which scientist Andrew Wakefield and colleagues had
first raised doubts about its safety, and many doctors now consider the
research discredited. But statistics released by the Department of Health
show that only 80% of under-twos had the MMR in 2003-4, which is a drop
from 82% the previous year. The peak year for MMR vaccination was 92% in
1995-96 by Sarah Boseley |
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MMR vaccine does not cause autism, new evidence
- According to new evidence, the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella)
is not at all linked to autism. The research also indicated that it is not
linked to other developmental problems. In 1995, 92% of UK kids had the
MMR vaccine. Then there was a scare. Numbers dropped to 82% in 2002. Dr
Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, study leader,
said "We have found no convincing evidence that MMR vaccination increases
the risk of autism. No significant association has been found in rigorous
studies in a range of different settings." (The Lancet).
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MPs
call
for
full
retraction
of
study
linking
MMR
to
autism
by
Sam
Coates
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Mumps
outbreak in England and Wales worst in a decade - "England and Wales are
experiencing the most serious outbreak of mumps in nearly a decade - largely
because young adults missed out on the MMR (mumps, measles and rubella)
programme which began in 1988. The outbreak raises questions about the
babies who are currently missing out on the combined vaccine," by Medical
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Birth and Longevity is Preserved In the Absence of the Mercury Preservative -
Scientists need funding in toxicology to prevent and undo the damage done by
mercury - these populations exposed to mercury were never in the industrial
sector. - Mercury Exposure at
www.mercuryexposure.org plays a significant role in the discovery
process in its information system on which no connection can be found to
suggest mercury in autism is a genetically inherited disease. In 2004
the Environmental Protection Agency scientists said that new research had
shown that 630,000 U.S. newborns had unsafe levels of mercury in their blood
in 1999-2000. For the first time scientists measured mercury levels in
the fetus's umbilical cord, these figures are based on children's blood
levels, not the mothers'. The EPA analysis is showing that even if the
mother is below the danger zone she can give birth to a baby that's over the
limit, by PRweb / Press release. |
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research
supports
concern
over
MMR
jab,
16
December
2003
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New shock over mercury jabs
- FOUR more vaccines containing
mercury will remain in use by the National Health Service, officials
admitted today by Evening Times Online - 8/2004 |
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New
study reopens debate on vaccinations - "Just a few months after the
nation's top medical adviser rejected a link between vaccines and autism, a
mouse study has reignited the debate and raised new fears among parents
considering vaccinations and flu shots for their kids," by Tara Parker-Pope |
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New study rules
out autism link with MMR - "THERE is no evidence to support a link
between the controversial MMR jab and the development of autism in children,
researchers said today. Concern about a reported link between the triple
vaccine and the disorder has led to a drop in the number of parents getting
their children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella," by
NEWSScotsman.com |
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New
Study
Vitamin
A &
Autism:
"Toxin
in
DPT
Vaccine
[may]
Cause
Autism"
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New baby vaccine planned - Department of health officials are
considering introducing a further jab to the national baby immunisation
programme. The new vaccine would protect babies against bacterial
meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia. It would add to the two injections
containing six vaccinations currently given to infants before they are four
months old. Officials have agreed to the new vaccine in principle but,
following the recent controversy over the combined MMR vaccine, plan to
consult the public before taking a final decision, by DeHavilland
Information Services |
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The
Facts
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No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total
population study / Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
2005. Commentary By Andrew J Wakefield FRCS FRCPath and Carol
Stott PhD  |
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No Evidence for Link between Vaccines and Autism
/ Improved awareness and diagnostic changes more likely to blame for
increased diagnoses - An increase in the diagnosis of autism over the past
20 years is more likely due to improved awareness, diagnostic changes and
availability of services rather than environmental factors or immunizations,
suggests a new study. "This study is the first to measure the incidence—the
occurrence of new cases—of autism by applying consistent, contemporary
criteria for autism to a specific population over a long period of time,"
says study coauthor William Barbaresi of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota, USA. "In doing so, the study accounts for improvements in the
diagnostic criteria for autism, the medical community's improved
understanding of this disease and changes in federal special education
laws.," by Betterhumans Staff |
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No legal aid available for MMR parents / PARENTS fighting drug
companies over claims their children's autism is related to the MMR
vaccine have been told they won't get legal aid. - The announcement, by
the Legal Services Commission (LSC), affects 26 families hoping to take
their cases to the High Court. But 11 cases where parents felt their child
had suffered other illnesses as a result of the vaccine were reinstated
with financial support. These include cases where the child has suffered
conditions such as encephalitis, epilepsy and deafness after being
vaccinated. They will be funded by the commission to see if compensation
can be claimed from the companies producing the drugs by Katie Baldwin |
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Between
MMR
Vaccine,
Inflammatory
Bowel
Disease
And
Autism
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No Link Found Between Vaccines and Autism - There is no link between
autism and immunizations, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January issue of
the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Over the past two
decades there have been suggestions about a possible connection between
increasing rates of autism and immunization. However, this study found
no such link and suggests that the increase in autism may be due to a number
of factors. These include improved awareness about autism, changes in
diagnostic criteria and availability of services for children with autism,
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Sins
Of
Omission
In
Autism
Article:
Commentary
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Binstock
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Officials fear parent revolt over new baby vaccine
- Health officials are preparing to add another jab to the national baby
immunisation programme which already sees infants given two injections
containing six vaccinations by the age of four months. Government advisers
have given their support in principle to a vaccination against bacterial
meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia, infections which strike about 550
under-fives in England and Wales each year and may kill between 50 and 100,
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Openness Is Key to Winning the War over MMR
- Openness and communication between experts and the public is key to
winning the war over MMR, says an expert in this week's BMJ. In
1998, MMR vaccinations in the United Kingdom reached 92% of its
targets. Yet by 2002, after claims of a possible relation between MMR
and autism, the United Kingdom lost considerable ground. One of the
lowest levels of coverage of MMR is now found in London, at around
75%. - UK |
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Parents Of Autistic Kids Protest / Asking Washington To Release
Information About Vaccines - "Childhood
vaccinations protect against all kinds of illnesses, but a group of parents
believe vaccines may also be the cause of their children's autism. And they
want access to government research to settle the issue," by CBS 4 Denver |
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Parents claim MMR research is flawed - "Parents in Norwich have reacted
angrily to the latest round of research which concluded there was no link
between the controversial MMR jab and autism in children. The debate
over the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and the development of autism
and bowel problems reached new heights this week when the Medical Research
Council said there was no evidence the two were related. |
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MORE
INFORMATION
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COUNTER
IMMUNIZATION
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By
Aaron
Levin,
Science
Writer,
Health
Behavior
News
Service
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Parents Say Vaccines Are a Possible Link
- The girl on the videotape looks like a typical toddler on a good
day. She nestles comfortably in her grandfather's arms, smiling and
saying "Bye bye" and "Papa." She stands before a mirror, admiring
herself while wearing a hat, and then utters, "Uh oh" when the hat
falls off. She places the hat on the head of her mother, who is
working the video camera. And she smiles and hugs the knees of her
grandfather. That was Emma Murphy at 21 months, a little over two
years ago. Today, she seems an entirely different person. The Lakeland
girl doesn't talk, wears a constant blank expression and shies from
physical contact. No one knows what causes autism, the disorder that
afflicts Emma. But Emma's parents can't help wondering about a link
between the vaccinations Emma received in her first months of life and
the dramatic change that followed, including the loss of her budding
vocabulary. By Gary White |
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Wakefield
Called
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Shattock
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RFK Jr. Blames Bush for Environmental Health Crisis
- The environment is being handed back to the polluters under President
George W. Bush's policies, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday in
a speech critical of the Bush administration and the American press.
Kennedy was speaking as part of the Tree Room Author Series on Politics
and History at actor Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Redford introduced
Kennedy, describing him as "our strongest speaker for the environment."
"I'm not criticizing Bush because he's a Republican," Kennedy said. "He's
the worst environmental president in our history." Under Bush
environmental policies, cleanup programs have been rolled back and he has
put people in charge who are anti- environment, Kennedy said. The general
public doesn't know the damage his policies have caused to their quality
of life because of an "indolent and indigent press," he added.
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Autism
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MMR
Vaccination
by
F.
Edward
Yazbak,
M.D.
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Research and Markets: Vaccines in the 21st Century / Approaches
and Achievements in Prophylactic and Therapeutic Vaccine Research and
Development - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has
announced the addition of Vaccines in the 21st Century to their offering. A
new era in vaccine development has arrived: the era of rational design. The
earliest vaccines were fairly crude, empirical formulations. Today, the
technology to produce DNA-based vaccines and an intimate knowledge of the
immune system enables the identification of the epitopes needed to target
the development of highly targeted vaccines - DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS
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retract
on
autism,
measles
vaccine
link
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Say
interpretation
wrong
in
1998
study
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Bloomberg
via
The
Boston
Globe
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Rhetoric on mercury in vaccines ignores facts
- Twice in recent
months (Feb. 9 and March 16), columnist Craig Westover has done your
readers a great disservice by alleging mercury in childhood vaccines
causes autism. The sources he has cited have been far from as
"objective" and "unbiased" as he has claimed. Westover clearly has not
looked at all the facts and available information on the subject.
While the actual causes of autism are unclear, the overwhelming body
of scientific research says mercury in childhood vaccines does not
cause autism. One of the clearest pieces of evidence that we have is
that in Denmark, when thimerosal (the mercury-containing compound
previously used as a preservative in vaccines) was removed from all
childhood vaccines 10 years ago, autism rates continued to rise
sharply, even among children 2 to 4 years old who received only
mercury-free vaccines. / Opinion - Hull is the Minnesota state
epidemiologist with the Minnesota Health Department.
Risks
of
FluMist™
Vaccine
by
By
Sherri
Tenpenny
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SafeMinds
Applauds Schwarzenegger's Signature on New Vaccine Law -
America's leading scientific organization
investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical products pose to
children -- applauds California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for Tuesday's
signing of a new law, introduced by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, banning
mercury containing vaccines from being given to children or pregnant women.
California is the second state to pass such legislation since May. - Press
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Save flu vaccines for high-risk people - State health officials
probably never anticipated having to ask most Alabamians not to get
flu shots. But because the British government shut down a major supplier
of the flu vaccine, that is the position the Alabama Health Department is
forced to take. - Editorial |
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Scientists dismiss evidence of MMR link with autism
- SCIENTISTS have strongly rejected any suggestion that the measles,
mumps and rubella vaccine, MMR, is linked to disorders such as autism.
An analysis of 31 MMR studies by the Cochrane Library, the most
authoritative source of evidence-based medicine, has shown no credible
grounds for claims of serious harm. NI_MPU ('middle'); Uptake of the
vaccine decreased sharply after research by Andrew Wakefield, published
in The Lancet in 1998, suggested a direct causal link between autism and
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Senate proposal focuses on vaccines, autism
- Scientists disagree about link between mercury and
developmental disorder. - Although some scientists disagree about
the relationship between autism and vaccines containing mercury,
Republican Sen. Wayne Kuipers of Holland doesn't want to take any
chances. His legislation would prohibit vaccines containing more than 1
microgram of mercury from being used in Michigan. Autism is a
developmental disorder that affects social interaction and communication
skills, usually appearing during the first three years of a child's
life. According to the Autism Society of America, as many as 1.5 million
Americans suffer from the disease, with treatment at an estimated annual
cost of $90 billion.
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