Thursday, July 21, 2005

The HooK: NEWS- Autism down: Some credit mercury removal

From The Hook: Autism down: Some credit mercury removal:

"For months now, a mantra of the thimerosal defenders has been as follows: 'Mercury was removed from vaccines years ago, and we have not seen a drop in autism rates.' It looks like they might have to find a new slogan."
David Kirby, author of "Evidence of Harm"



posted by K. Langston @ 6:33:00 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

Now that is interesting! I'm a dad with an autistic child who has cast a skeptical eye at the Thimerisol-causes-autism crowd since I started reading about it. I think Mr. Kirby overstates the correlation between the two but the fact that the number of cases dropped is, indeed interesting. It is highly possible that other factors are leading to the reduction in new cases but ultimately, we don't know. I think the problem is rooted in fear. The drug companies spend zillions to develop drugs (and vaccines) and any link to thimerisol would be financially ruinous for them. The class actions suit that would follow would literally sink them. Perhaps a limited liability waiver would be in order. If only, to know the truth about what their own research showed (if anything).

By Blogger The Last Ephor, at 8/02/2005 03:14:00 PM  

I''m familiar with this subject too

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/08/2005 02:17:00 PM  

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