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No Link Found Between Vaccine Mercury and Autism

by leavingwt in

some red meat for the anti-science crowd.

no link found between vaccine mercury and autisma new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase children's risk of autism.. it shows kids who had been exposed as babies to high levels of the preservative -- through vaccines they received or their mothers received while pregnant -- were no more likely to develop autism, including two distinct subtypes of the condition.. .

"this study should reassure parents about following the recommended immunization schedule," said dr. frank destefano, director of the immunization safety office at the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) in atlanta, and the study's senior author.. .

thinkingoutloud

My whole point to my posts here was: Read, research and look around to get a complete picture from BOTH sides. I don't advocate one way or another - that is completely up to each individual parent.
I don't think so Hadit. You're stuck on mercury being a cause of autism based on a shody so-called case study that has been discredited even by the researchers who partnered with Wakefield. This issue affects me personally, and it's so closed that I can't help but read read and read about it. What I've found is there are folks out there profiting from theories that aren't even proven and therapies that could be harmful instead of help.

MrsJones - I don't understand why on earth you would have a problem with someone advocating researching both sides of a topic. That is a very ignorant position to take. God forbid you study something. I would suggest you and everyone else here take the advice and actually become informed on things before dismissing them outright.