FYI
3/9/06
You have probably seen your nurse insert a syringe into a large vial, extract
some liquid, and then leave a substantial amount of vaccine in the original
container. If you've witnessed this seemingly benign procedure, you've seen
how vaccine manufacturers are saving money at the expense of public health.
In order to store larger amounts of vaccine at a lower cost, companies began
offering "multi-dose units" while adding preservatives to prevent
contaminations. That way doctors can open and close a vaccine container, inviting
germs into the once-sterile solution, while assuring the public that those
contaminants are quickly killed by the preservative.
Sound familiar? It's the same story of corporate America's love affair with
preservatives. It saves them money, while posing an undue risk to your health.
But like many toxic preservatives found in food, a vaccine preservative kills
more than just bacteria and fungi; it can lead to extensive neurological damage
in your children, and has even been implicated in autism.
Thimerosal
Thimerosal is the preservative of choice for vaccine manufacturers. First
introduced by Eli Lilly and Company in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the
company began selling it as a preservative in vaccines in the 1940s. Thimerosal
contains 49.6 percent mercury by weight and is metabolized or degraded into
ethylmercury and thiosalicylate. Mercury, or more precisely, ethylmercury,
is the principle agent that kills contaminants. Unfortunately, mercury also
kills much more than that.
The Department of Defense classifies mercury as a hazardous material that
could cause death if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Studies
indicate that mercury tends to accumulate in the brains of primates and other
animals after they are injected with vaccines. Mercury poisoning has been
linked to cardiovascular disease, autism, seizures, mental retardation, hyperactivity,
dyslexia and many other nervous system conditions. That's why the FDA rigorously
limits exposure to mercury in foods and drugs. Some common sources of mercury
include dental amalgam fillings, various vaccines and certain fish contaminated
by polluted ocean waters.
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The toxicity of mercury has never been in question. The real question is precisely
how much mercury-laced thimerosal is toxic, and what are the possible consequences
for our children at low doses?
Eli Lilly and Co. supposedly answered this question for us back in 1930. Concluding
thimerosal to be of "a very low order of toxicity . . . for man,"
the company hired its own doctors to perform thimerosal experiments in Indianapolis
City Hospital on meningitis patients during a severe outbreak in 1929. This
60-year-old evidence was still quoted on the company's brochures as recently
as 1990. Andrew Waters, who is involved in a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, claims
that most critical studies on the toxicity of thimerosal were suppressed by
the company until now.
Banned around the world, but not in the United States
That might explain why thimerosal was eliminated in many countries 20 years
ago. In 1977, a Russian study found that adults exposed to ethylmercury, the
form of mercury in thimerosal, suffered brain damage years later. Studies
on thimerosal poisoning also describe tubular necrosis and nervous system
injury, including obtundation, coma and death. As a result of these findings,
Russia banned thimerosal from children's vaccines in 1980. Denmark, Austria,
Japan, Great Britain and all the Scandinavian countries have also banned the
preservative.
Eli Lilly stuck to its "scientific" facts, but the truth began slipping
between the cracks in 1999. After the number of immunizations rose to 12 to
15 per child, the public finally became privy to the possible dangers of thimerosal.
One 1999 study revealed that some infants, due to a genetic or developmental
factor, lack the ability to eliminate mercury. Trace amounts of mercury in
these infants, when accumulated over several vaccines, could pose a severe
health risk. Some vaccines, such as vaccines for hepatitis B, contained as
much as 12.5 micrograms of mercury per dose. That's more than 100 times the
EPA's upper limit standard when administered to infants.
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Hepatitis B vaccines aren't the only immunizations under suspicion. According
to Burton Goldberg in Alternative Medicine, scientists are finding stronger
and stronger links between thimerosal and neurological damage. One report
by Dr. Vijendra Singh of the Department of Pharmacology at the University
of Michigan found a higher incidence of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
(MMR) antibodies in autistic children.
The National Vaccine Information Center in Vienna, Virginia, has noted a strong
association between the MMR vaccine and autistic features. Reporting similar
findings, the Encephalitis Support Group in England claims that children who
became autistic after the MMR vaccine started showing autistic symptoms as
early as 30 days after vaccination. The diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus
vaccine (DPT) given at two, four and six months has triggered autistic symptoms,
as well.
When the FDA finally formally released this information in 1999, the news came too little too late for some parents. The damage had already been done.
Links between autism and thimerosal
Autism affects 500,000 to 1.5 million Americans and has grown at an annual
rate of 10 to 17 percent since the late 1980s. California found a 273 percent
increase in autism between 1987 and 1998. Maryland reported a 513 percent
increase in autism between 1993 and 1998 and several dozen other states reported
similar findings. Some scientists say the estimated number of cases of autism
has increased 15-fold –1,500 percent – since 1991, when the number
of childhood vaccinations doubled. Whereas one in every 2,500 children was
diagnosed with autism before 1991, one in 166 children now have the disease.
This increase in reported autism cases eerily parallels the increase in the
number and frequency of thimerosal-containing vaccinations administered to
infants. As of today, children are given as many as 21 immunizations in the
first 15 months of life. After a number of scientists and concerned activists
noticed the correlation, an investigation was launched to get to the heart
of the matter.
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Statistical evidence links thimerosal with nervous system disorders
In June 2000, federal officials and industry representatives were assembled
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to discuss the disturbing
evidence. According to Tom Verstraeten, an epidemiologist who had analyzed
the data on the CDC's database, thimerosal appeared to be responsible for
a dramatic increase in autism and other neurological disorders. Verstraeten
told those at the meeting that a number of earlier studies indicate a link
between thimerosal and speech delays, attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity
and autism.
Verstraeten offered no possible cause for this correlation, but held that
the statistical evidence linking vaccines and neurological disorders was strong.
Dr. Bill Weil, a consultant for the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Dr.
Richard Johnston, an immunologist and pediatrician from the University of
Colorado, presented similar concerns to the group. However, given no causal
relationship, the CDC and industry representatives were quick to discredit
the evidence.
Consequently, the CDC paid the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct another
study on thimerosal. According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this study was fixed
in order to "whitewash" previous findings. In its 2001 report, the
IOM's Immunization Safety Review Committee did conclude that the link between
thimerosal and neurodevelopmental disorders was biologically plausible, though
the evidence neither proved nor negated it. The Committee stated that phasing
out thimerosal from vaccines was “a prudent measure in support of the
public health goal to reduce mercury exposure of infants and children as much
as possible.” However, these findings offered no imperative. The data
presented at the 2000 meeting was withheld from publication and the link between
thimerosal and autism remained "inconclusive."
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But what does "inconclusive" mean? Well, that depends on who you
talk to. According to the FDA, these "inconclusive" findings negate
the risk of a causal relationship between thimerosal and autism. Even Tom
Verstraeten, one of the presenters of epidemiological evidence at the CDC
meeting, seemingly changed his tune a bit. In 2000, Verstraeten vigorously
campaigned against thimerosal based upon his "inconclusive" correlation,
but after he was hired by GlaxoSmithKline, the doctor changed his position.
The same evidence from 2000, in Verstraeten's eyes, became "neutral"
in 2003. After criticism for this apparent flip-flop, Verstaeten wrote a letter
to the editor of Pediatrics in 2004 backing the CDC's actions and his own
research methods.
Merck continues selling vaccines with thimerosal
Without an imperative to eradicate thimerosal immediately, vaccine manufacturers
like Merck & Co. seemingly took their time in reducing thimerosal levels
in vaccines. After a large public outcry in 1999, Merck & Co. began decreasing
or eliminating the amount of thimerosal in its vaccines. In September 1999,
Merck announced that its new line of vaccines were preservative-free, but
still continued to distribute the remainder of thimerosal-preserved vaccines
until 2001. Only after a congressional inquiry in 2002 did they stop distributing
their stockpile. Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., called Merck's actions "misleading."
While officials at the Center for Disease Control claim evidence is lacking
to support the possible risks of thimerosal, Dr. Mark Geier, a Maryland geneticist
and vaccinologist, along with his son and research partner David Geier, says
the CDC has chosen to ignore the science. According to Dr. Geier, more than
5,000 articles have been published that question the safety of thimerosal
in vaccines.
The Geiers analyzed the data and determined that the more thimerosal a child
receives, the greater his or her chances are of being autistic. The CDC says
the Geiers misused information from a CDC database that was not intended to
help prove theories. Given no real causal mechanism linking thimerosal and
autism, the game seems to have become one of slanting the data to suit the
needs of government and industrial interests. Even Verstraeten has admitted
that these "inconclusive" findings certainly don't rule out the
possibility of finding a link in the future.
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Grassroots action against vaccine manufacturers
Given the dearth of health organizations owning up to the dangers of thimerosal,
many parents followed their gut instincts and took legal action against vaccine
manufacturers. More than 4,200 families have filed lawsuits claiming thimerosal
caused injuries to their children. These lawsuits often have two goals: First,
to seek reparations for the loss of consortium (basically meaning that an
autistic child creates emotional and psychological burdens on their family
life), and second, to ensure that these companies exercise more concern for
public health and less concern for their own bottom line.
The lawsuits are slow in producing results. The first constraint on these
lawsuits is the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986. This act stipulates
that victims cannot seek redress in the courts without first filing a claim
for recovery in the federal Vaccine Court. The statute of limitations for
this is within three years of "the first symptom or manifestation of
onset or of the significant aggravation of a [vaccine-related] injury."
In the cases of many thimerosal victims, the link between autism and vaccines didn't appear until six years after the first vaccine was administered. While this statute has stopped some claims against vaccine manufacturers, including such big firms as Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Johnson & Johnson, many judges are now allowing suits against Eli Lilly, the maker of thimerosal, to stand. While the Vaccine Act shields vaccine manufacturers, one judge reasons that the legislation does not protect the production of thimerosal because it is a "component."
The burden of proof in court is also extremely problematic for most of these
suits. Given the supposed lack of scientific data, lawyers are hard-pressed
to prove the link between thimerosal and autism. In what seems like an underhanded
move, the CDC sold its data to a private company, ensuring that lawyers could
not access it under the Freedom of Information Act.
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In the past five years, Congress has also aided vaccine manufacturers, supposedly
for "security" reasons. In 2002, a mysterious piggyback on the 2002
Homeland Security bill freed drug companies of liability in lawsuits regarding
thimerosal. Called the "Eli Lilly Protection Act" by outraged parents
and activists, the then-House Majority Leader Dick Armey told CBS News he
snuck the amendment in to keep vaccine-makers from going out of business.
Armey claimed it was a matter of national security. "We need their vaccines
if the country is attacked with germ weapons."
Ironically, foreign biological terrorism hasn't been a big problem for American
citizens, but those whose lives (and the lives of their children) have been
affected if not ruined by the harmful effects of thimerisol would undoubtedly
say these potentially harmful vaccines are indeed a problem. Armey's piggyback
bill was repealed in 2003, but that didn't stop lawmakers from continuing
to protect the vaccine industry.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is no stranger to the thimerosal debate, having received $873,000 in contributions from the pharmaceutical industry and $10,000 from Eli Lilly. Frist's position allowed him to attempt to help the industry from the inside, according to Kennedy. Kennedy reports that on five occasions, Frist tried to seal the government's vaccine-related documents and shield Eli Lilly from subpoenas. Frist also introduced a provision in the 2005 Senate Bill S-3 called the "Protecting America in the War on Terror Act," that would effectively insulate the pharmaceutical industry from liability for thimerosal poisoning. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, including Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Weyeth and Eli Lilly, can basically get off scot-free for their actions, even as more and more evidence suggests that top company officials were aware of the possible dangers and did nothing.
A secret memo leaked to the Los Angeles Times reportedly implicates one vaccine
manufacturer, Merck & Co., for knowing that thimerosal could pose serious
threats to infants. Allegedly, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, one of Merck's top scientists,
warned the president of Merck of a possible threat as early as 1991. Dr. Hilleman
told executives that six-month-old children receiving regular immunizations
frequently received mercury doses 87 times higher than guidelines for the
maximum consumption of mercury. Given today's more prudent mercury standards,
those thimerosal doses would be 400 times that of safe levels. Dr. Hilleman
recommended in the memo that thimerosal be discontinued.
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Not only do government and industry officials seem to be trying to downplay
the possible harms of thimerosal; the media is also denying the issue coverage.
Just recently, ABC flip-flopped on whether it will air interviews with Robert
Kennedy Jr., a leading critic of thimerosal. ABC has been accused of suppressing
the interviews because of its ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
The thimerosal debate continues
Along with the enormous amount of controversy surrounding this issue, the
five-year-old plea for "more research" may have finally produced
some results. Burton Goldberg notes that a defect in the myelinization process
(insulation of nerve fibers) could explain mercury's propensity to cause autism
and neurological damage. This may also account for the frequent development
of epilepsy in older autistic children.
Scientists are also working on biological links that support the strong correlations.
Researchers at Northeastern University, working with scientists from the University
of Nebraska, Tufts and Johns Hopkins University, may have recently found the
mechanism by which thimerosal interferes with brain activity. If these researchers
are right, vaccine manufacturers could do little to keep the damaging effects
of thimerosal hidden.
Pharmacy professor Richard Deth and colleagues found that exposure to thimerosal potently interrupts growth factor signaling, causing adverse effects on the transfer of carbon atoms. These carbon atoms play a significant role in regulating normal DNA function and gene expression and are critical to proper neurological development. Additionally, the scientists recently obtained more insight into the mechanism by which thimerosal interferes with folate-dependent methylation. The mechanism inhibits the biosynthesis of the active form of vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin), a vitamin now being administered to autistic children.
The experts speak on mercury, vaccines and thimerosal
Now all childhood vaccines have at least one mercury-free version, and I urge
parents to ask for those versions if they choose to vaccinate their children.
Injecting mercury into children, especially infants whose immune systems are
still underdeveloped (hepatitis B shots are typically given at birth, before
the immune system has developed), can be an assault to the immune system.
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In 1999 studies began to surface showing that multi-dose vial vaccines, such
as the MMR and hepatitis B vaccines, contained enough thimerosal to expose
vaccinated children to 62.5 ug of mercury per visit to the pediatrician. This
is one hundred times the dose considered safe by the Federal Environmental
Protection Guidelines for infants! Worse yet, some infants will receive doses
even higher; because thimerosal tends to settle in the vial. If it is not
shaken up before being drawn, the first dose will contain low concentrations
of mercury and the last dose will contain enormously high concentrations.
If your baby is the unlucky one that gets the last dose, serious brain injury
can result…
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Thousands of families say they can demonstrate with videotapes and photos
that their children were normal prior to being vaccinated, reacted badly to
the vaccines, and became autistic shortly thereafter. The number of vaccines
given before age two has risen from 3 in 1940, when autism occurred in perhaps
one case per 10,000 births, to 22 different vaccines given before the age
of two in the year 2000.
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We know that certain forms of mercury, such as methylmercury and phenylmercury,
are highly lipid soluble, which makes the brain especially susceptible to
mercury accumulation. These forms of mercury are found in vaccines as the
preservative thimerosal. Once in the brain, it tends to attach itself to protein
structures, especially to the cell membrane, where it can disrupt membrane
functions.23 By binding to the cell membrane, mercury changes the membrane's
fluid-like quality, making it stiffer and causing the cell to age faster.24
The brain is unique in that neurons depend on special microscopic tube-like
structures within the cell, appropriately called neurotubules, for their function.
These neurotubules are manufactured by the cell from a substance called tubulin.
We know that mercury interacts with tubulin causing it to unravel. Studies
in rats have shown that doses of mercury corresponding to those seen in humans
can cause a 75 percent increase in tubulin inhibition.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 53
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In the case of the susceptible newborn infant and toddler, multiple exposures
to mercury-containing and multiple antigen vaccines are highly suspect in
the causation of multiple organ injury (Bernard et al. 2000). The GI tract,
the liver, the pancreas, the kidneys, the immune system, and the brain are
major sites of mercury absorption. Researchers have clearly shown a chronic
inflammatory bowel disease due to vaccine strain measles in a subset of children
with autism (Thompson et al. 1995; Wakefield et al. 1995, 1999, 2000a,b; Kawashima
et al. 2000; Pardi et al. 2000; Uhlmann et al. 2002).
Disease Prevention And Treatment by Life Extension Foundation, page 153
Studies of autistic children have frequently shown very high levels of mercury,
with no other source but vaccines found for the exposure. These levels are
equal to those seen in adults during toxic industrial exposures. Several autism
clinics have found dramatic improvements in the behavior and social interactions
in children from whom the mercury was chelated. Results depended on how soon
the mercury was removed following exposure, but permanent damage can be caused
if the metal is not chelated soon enough. Still, even in cases of severe damage,
because of the infant brain's tremendous reparative ability, improvements
are possible. The problem of autism involves numerous body systems including
the gastrointestinal, immune and nervous systems; as a result we see numerous
infections and magnified effects of malnutrition. Intrepid workers in the
shadows, that is outside the medial establishment, have worked many miracles
with these children using a multidisciplinary scientific approach completely
ignored by the orthodoxy. Some children have even experienced a return to
complete physiological normalcy.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 166
Mercury and autism mercury toxicity is a suspected cause of a steep rise—a
tenfold increase between 1984 and 1994—in diagnosed cases of autism
in children around the world, according to some scientists. Specifically,
the culprit is thimerosal, a mercury-based compound used as a preservative
in vaccines commonly administered to babies and infants. thimerosal-free vaccines
are available. If you have a child who will be receiving vaccinations, ask
for and make sure thimerosal-free vaccines are used. Kelp, with its essential
minerals (especially calcium and magnesium), helps remove unwanted metal deposits.
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The pertussis vaccine (DPT) may cause 45,000 cases of autism per year in America,
affecting 15 cases out of 10,000 vaccinations; also caused by the measles-mumps-rubella
vaccine (MMR) that causes mental impairment, gastrointestinal damage, and
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Multiple vaccinations, especially in newborns, are another major source of
childhood mercury exposure because of the mercury-containing thimerosal preservative.
Over twenty-two vaccinations are now recommended for children before the age
of two!
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 64
In addition, there is some anecdotal evidence that autism may be tied to
diet. One theory is that, in very rare cases, a child's immune system could
be weakened by the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination (MMR), which is usually
administered before a child turns 2. As a result of this weakening, the theory
goes, the child's digestive system is unable to break down certain food proteins,
leading to abnormal brain development. Proponents of this theory believe that
putting the child on a diet that eliminates certain foods, such as wheat and
dairy products, could in certain cases reverse the course of the disease.
This theory remains speculative, however, and research needs to be done to
determine its validity. In fact, a 2001 report issued by an Institute of Medicine
committee examining studies about the health effects of the MMR vaccine in
young children suggests that there is no proven link between the vaccine and
autism. The committee recommends that there be no change in immunization practices
that require children to be immunized during early childhood.
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Rather than calling for an all-out immediate ban on thimerosal-containing
vaccines, they suggested that parents continue to have their children vaccinated
with mercury-contaminated vaccines until new stocks of uncontaminated vaccine
could be made available. Here are two doctors' unions that had to be beat
over the head with an overwhelming amount of data that mercury-contaminated
vaccines were harming children far worse than the actual diseases against
which the vaccine was intended to protect them, only to have them suggest
that parents continue to harm their children just to satisfy their vaccination
obsession. Are you surprised to discover that recent investigations have found
that several doctor-members of vaccine boards were either receiving grants
from vaccine manufacturers or held stock in the companies? They were willing
to sacrifice the health of millions of children just to fill their pockets
with cash. These people should be looking through bars, not serving on boards.
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 167
Vaccines may afflict 45,000 cases of autism per year in America, which afflicts
15 victims in every 10.000 births: there are now 5 00,000 of these victims
in the U.S. In Sweden not using the pertussis vaccine, there is virtually
no autism (and likewise in Holland).
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Many symptoms of autism are similar to those of mercury poisoning. Immune
dysfunction, visual disturbances, and motor dysfunction are seen in both.
Treating autistic children for removal of mercury and other heavy metals has
shown significant improvement in their autistic symptoms. Most autistic individuals
have poor liver detoxification, low antioxidant levels, and low levels of
glutathione. Vaccines are effective, but the production and use of vaccines
should proceed more cautiously. Currently manufactured vaccines still contain
harmful substances like mercury. The link between vaccines and autism is far
stronger than the medical community is willing to admit, and more research
in this area should be an urgent priority.
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Studies indicate that autism may be the result of adverse reactions to childhood
vaccinations. Dr. Alan Cohen, an environmental physician from Connecticut,
notes that high levels of autism and attention deficit disorder (ADD) did
not occur until the mandatory use of childhood vaccinations, and suggests
that there may be a connection between certain vaccines and the onset of these
conditions.
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Almost from the inception of vaccination programs, manufacturers added a mercury
preservative called thimerosal to vaccines. The practice continued until recently,
and was stopped only because of the outcry from thousands of concerned parents
and numerous experts in the field. The American Academy of Pediatrics and
the American Academy of Family Practice did not warn parents or pediatricians
that the mercury was dangerous until they were forced to. That mercury was
toxic to cells had been known for over sixty years, but manufacturers apparently
were more worried about lawsuits…
Health And Nutrition Secrets by Russell L Blaylock MD, page 165
In fact, a 2001 report issued by an Institute of Medicine committee examining
studies about the health effects of the MMR vaccine in young children suggests
that there is no proven link between the vaccine and autism. The committee
recommends that there be no change in immunization practices that require
children to be immunized during early childhood. Another disorder affecting
the brain, Alzheimer's disease, may also have an immune connection. Alzheimer's
is a degenerative disease that slowly attacks nerve cells in the brain. It
eventually results in the loss of all memory and mental functioning. Scientists
are currently investigating the role that the immune system plays in producing
an overabundance of the amino acid glutamate, a powerful nerve-cell killer.
Another immune connection that researchers are investigating is the idea that
Alzheimer's might be triggered, in part, by a virus.
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In the past 10 years, the number of autistic children has risen between 200
and 500 per cent in every state in the U.S. This sharp increase in autism
followed the introduction of MMR vaccine in 1975. Representative Dan Burton's
healthy grandson was given injections for 9 diseases in one day. These injections
were followed by autism.
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"Probably 20% of American children, one in five, suffers from a "development
disability'," according to Harris Coulter, Ph.D., Founder and Director
of the Center for Empirical Medicine, in Washington, D.C. "This is a
stupefying figure and we have inflicted it on ourselves. 'Development disabilities'
are nearly always generated by encephalitis. And the primary cause of encephalitis
in the U.S. and other industrialized countries is the childhood vaccination
program. To be specific, a large proportion of the millions of U.S. children
and adults suffering from autism, seizures, mental retardation, hyperactivity,
dyslexia, and other branches of the hydra-headed entity called 'development
disabilities' owe their disorders to one of the vaccines against childhood
diseases."
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Martin noted that the increased incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome, attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, and other behavior-linked illnesses
"may be an inadvertent consequence of stealth virus vaccine contaminants."
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Just for perspective if we go back to 1971 up to 1980, we see that California
consistently added 100 to 200 new cases a year; but in the year 2002, California
added 3,577 new cases. Since 1980, the documented start of California's autism
epidemic, the number of new cases has steadily increased. If we break down
those statistics it means that from 1994 to 1995, California only added on
average 2 new autistic children a day into its system. In 2001, it was a rate
of 8 new autistic children added a day; in 2002, it jumped up to 10 children
a day. mercury-containing vaccines are still in use today, including the most
recently recommended addition to the childhood immunization schedule, 2 shots
of flu vaccine for infants, bringing the total number of vaccines up to 41
in California that a child will receive before the age of two. It will take
a few years to start seeing the effect of the phasing out of the mercury-containing
preservative thimerosal from childhood vaccines on this autism epidemic. Many
symptoms of autism are similar to those of mercury poisoning. Immune dysfunction,
visual disturbances, and motor dysfunction are seen in both. Treating autistic
children for removal of mercury and other heavy metals has shown significant
improvement in their autistic symptoms. Most autistic individuals have poor
liver detoxification, low antioxidant levels, and low levels of glutathione.
Building Wellness with DMG by Roger V Kendall PhD, page 105
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(Concept: mercury)
Since the 1990s, there has been a tenfold or 1000-percent increase in autism,
an increase which has been linked by some researchers to the organic mercury
preservative commonly found in baby vaccines. A greatly increased incidence
of juvenile diabetes has been correlated to specific vaccination sequences
and to the number of vaccines given. In some Australian Aboriginal communities,
every second child died shortly after vaccination.
The Natural Way to Heal by Walter Last, page 309
The best current estimates are that autism occurs in 40 to 67 children per
10,000 live births. This means that the prevalence of autism has increased
1,000 percent in the last decade. According to the latest figures just released
in January 2003 by the California Department of Developmental Services, California
experienced an astounding 31 percent increase in the number of new children…
Building Wellness with DMG by Roger V Kendall PhD, page 104
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