Autism epidemic - Mercury in Childhood Vaccines: What Did the Government Know?

[Dave Hartley]

This issue seem like it is finally surfacing into the light of day.
Before the 1990s, 1 in 10,000 children were diagnosed with autism. But in
the past decade, as the government has increased the number of mandatory
vaccines, some recent studies suggest the rate of autism has risen to 1 in
about 250 children.
Dr. Boyd Haley is the Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University
of Kentucky. He's one of the nation's leading experts on mercury poisoning
and has studied thimerosal in vaccines.
Thimerosal "is one of the most toxic compounds I know of," Haley said. "I
can't think of anything that I know of is more lethal."
Two years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a
study, which showed that three- month-old babies exposed to just 63
micrograms of mercury - less than 1/3 of the amount typically given by age
2 - were two-and-a-half times more likely to develop autism.
The study is stamped "Confidential" and "Do Not Copy or Release."
Subsequently, the CDC did release a report to the public, but the findings
were much different. The new study was amended with different data which
lowered the autism rate.
Dr. Sidney Baker has reviewed both reports. Baker has authored six medical
books, and written scores of articles on childhood behavior and autism.
Baker is critical of the CDC study.
"I can't imagine that smart people could possibly have re-arranged the data
the way they were done, and represented the data the way they were done,
without doing it on purpose and with the express purpose, as you say, of a
coverup," Baker said.
Baker treats hundreds of autistic patients each year from around the
country. He suspects that about half of the children he sees have been
affected by thimerosal from their vaccines.
http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/5/thimerosal.htm
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284
Mercury in Childhood Vaccines: What Did the Government Know?
By Valeri Williams / WFAA-TV Dallas

It's a question that has divided doctors, parents and government scientists
for more than a decade: Do childhood vaccines or additives cause
neurological damage?
Next month, a congressional committee will hear testimony on the subject. A
California university has a huge government grant to research it.
And the possible link has been the focus of a three-month News 8
Investigation.
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http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/8/mercury_vaccines.htm