Glendale , CA News Press Article on Mercury & Autism

[Guest guest]

EDUCATION MATTERS:

Mercury may play autism role

By DAN KIMBER

I suspected that there would be feedback from last week's article

about boys and girls. Most of my mail was from the ladies who were

either in agreement or were appreciative that a male would even

suggest that females should take a more active role in running this

world of ours. There were a few grumpy males who took umbrage at the

suggestion. One snidely commended me for being in touch with my

feminine side; another was sure that I was needing to score a few

points with the ladies in my life. While that is a lifelong quest for

me, it was not in the offing here.

In trying to figure out why girls in high school and colleges across

the nation are out-performing the boys, one of the more thoughtful

responses came from Greg, who suggested that our one-size-fits-all

education is turning off more and more students, especially the

males, for its lack of relevance and its determination to run all

students through the same processing mill. I tend to agree. We should

be serving our clientele more as they are and be less hung-up on how

we think they should be. By all means let's challenge our kids, but

let's also make some effort to find out who and what they are, and

how best they might fit into this complicated world. If that means

that fewer sonnets and equations and peace treaties are studied, then

so be it.

One parent contacted me with another possibility. What she told me

was shocking. She writes, " I believe what is happening is that this

generation of kids is being exposed to an increasing amount of toxins

which have effects that we are just beginning to learn about. I have

an autistic son and it is quite possible that his autism is a direct

result of vaccines given to him at birth — vaccines that routinely

contained mercury. "

Just for the record, mercury is the second most toxic substance on

earth. Even minute quantities cause harm.

More than 500,000 kids currently suffer from autism, and

pediatricians diagnose more than 40,000 new cases every year. The

disease was unknown until 1943 when thimerosal, an additive for

vaccinations for newborns that contains 50% ethyl mercury, was mixed

in with vaccinations given to newborns and young children.

Twyla wrote, " My 14-year-old son received a Hepatitis B vaccination,

which contained thimerosal, on the day he was born. This had become

routinely recommended for all newborns even though this disease is

spread through sexual contact and IV drug use. I guess they felt that

they could not trust women to say whether they might be at risk for

passing this virus on to the developing fetus, so it was best just to

vaccinate all newborns. It did not occur to the powers-that-be that

injecting even a tiny amount of mercury into a newborn baby was a

very bad idea. And that first shot was only the beginning, as

vaccinations continued every few months throughout infancy. "

According to [Environmental Protection Agency] standards, the amount

of mercury contained in a single vaccination preserved with

thimerosal would be considered safe for a 500-pound man. During the

1990s, the number of vaccinations increased dramatically. Nobody in

authority thought to add up the amount of mercury being injected into

infants, toddlers and children until the turn of the century.

Now lets bring it forward to June 16, 2005. A group of top government

scientists and health officials gathered for a meeting in Norcross,

Ga. The purpose of this assembly was to study the disturbing

questions being raised about the safety of a host of common childhood

vaccines administered to infants and young children. According to a

Center for Disease Control spokesman, " thimerosal appeared to be

responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other

neurological disorders among children, including attention-deficit

disorder and hyperactivity.

Since 1991, when the Center for Disease Control and Federal Drug

Administration gave their official stamp of approval to thimerosal,

the estimated number of cases of autism had increased 15-fold, from

one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children.

Enter Eli Lilly, Merck and a host of other drug companies that knew

that thimerosal posed a danger to newborns and yet continued to

market it. Their primary concern, you see, was their bottom-line

profits. Before 1989, American preschoolers received only three

vaccinations — for polio, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and measles-

mumps-rubella. A decade later, thanks to federal recommendations,

children were receiving a total of 22 immunizations by the time they

reached first grade. As the number of vaccines increased, the rate of

autism among children exploded. Despite the fact that studies over

the past several decades indicate that mercury tends to accumulate in

the brains of primates and other animals after they are injected with

vaccines, and that the brains of infants are particularly

susceptible, government agencies that are supposed to protect us from

such things were not equal to the task.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, for example, has received

more than $1 million in contributions from the pharmaceutical

industry and has worked studiously to immunize vaccine makers from

liability in more than 4,200 lawsuits that have been filed by the

parents of injured children. (I wonder, are these the " frivolous

lawsuits " that our president works so diligently on our behalf to

prevent?)

Parents should know what hospitals and doctors are injecting into the

bodies of their young children.

Assuming that the makers of human vaccines are legally required to

disclose exactly what goes into those vaccines, parents should know

if thimerosal is in the mix. Better yet, they should have to sign a

paper that contains very large print and a stern warning: This may be

extremely hazardous to the health of your child.

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DAN KIMBER is a teacher in the Glendale Unified School District,

where he has taught for more than 30 years. He may be reached at

dkimb8aol.com.

[Guest guest]

Wow- great article. Thanks for sharing and I'll have to email the author.

[Guest guest]

This reporter so affected by Twyla's words and this story he shot off

20 emails to Frist yesterday!!!

How cool is that?

>

>

>

> EDUCATION MATTERS:

> Mercury may play autism role

> By DAN KIMBER

>

> I suspected that there would be feedback from last week's article

> about boys and girls. Most of my mail was from the ladies who were

> either in agreement or were appreciative that a male would even

> suggest that females should take a more active role in running this

> world of ours. There were a few grumpy males who took umbrage at

the

> suggestion. One snidely commended me for being in touch with my

> feminine side; another was sure that I was needing to score a few

> points with the ladies in my life. While that is a lifelong quest

for

> me, it was not in the offing here.

>

> In trying to figure out why girls in high school and colleges

across

> the nation are out-performing the boys, one of the more thoughtful

> responses came from Greg, who suggested that our one-size-fits-all

> education is turning off more and more students, especially the

> males, for its lack of relevance and its determination to run all

> students through the same processing mill. I tend to agree. We

should

> be serving our clientele more as they are and be less hung-up on

how

> we think they should be. By all means let's challenge our kids, but

> let's also make some effort to find out who and what they are, and

> how best they might fit into this complicated world. If that means

> that fewer sonnets and equations and peace treaties are studied,

then

> so be it.

>

> One parent contacted me with another possibility. What she told me

> was shocking. She writes, " I believe what is happening is that this

> generation of kids is being exposed to an increasing amount of

toxins

> which have effects that we are just beginning to learn about. I

have

> an autistic son and it is quite possible that his autism is a

direct

> result of vaccines given to him at birth — vaccines that routinely

> contained mercury. "

>

> Just for the record, mercury is the second most toxic substance on

> earth. Even minute quantities cause harm.

>

> More than 500,000 kids currently suffer from autism, and

> pediatricians diagnose more than 40,000 new cases every year. The

> disease was unknown until 1943 when thimerosal, an additive for

> vaccinations for newborns that contains 50% ethyl mercury, was

mixed

> in with vaccinations given to newborns and young children.

>

> Twyla wrote, " My 14-year-old son received a Hepatitis B

vaccination,

> which contained thimerosal, on the day he was born. This had become

> routinely recommended for all newborns even though this disease is

> spread through sexual contact and IV drug use. I guess they felt

that

> they could not trust women to say whether they might be at risk for

> passing this virus on to the developing fetus, so it was best just

to

> vaccinate all newborns. It did not occur to the powers-that-be that

> injecting even a tiny amount of mercury into a newborn baby was a

> very bad idea. And that first shot was only the beginning, as

> vaccinations continued every few months throughout infancy. "

>

> According to [Environmental Protection Agency] standards, the

amount

> of mercury contained in a single vaccination preserved with

> thimerosal would be considered safe for a 500-pound man. During the

> 1990s, the number of vaccinations increased dramatically. Nobody in

> authority thought to add up the amount of mercury being injected

into

> infants, toddlers and children until the turn of the century.

>

> Now lets bring it forward to June 16, 2005. A group of top

government

> scientists and health officials gathered for a meeting in Norcross,

> Ga. The purpose of this assembly was to study the disturbing

> questions being raised about the safety of a host of common

childhood

> vaccines administered to infants and young children. According to a

> Center for Disease Control spokesman, " thimerosal appeared to be

> responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other

> neurological disorders among children, including attention-deficit

> disorder and hyperactivity.

>

> Since 1991, when the Center for Disease Control and Federal Drug

> Administration gave their official stamp of approval to thimerosal,

> the estimated number of cases of autism had increased 15-fold, from

> one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children.

>

> Enter Eli Lilly, Merck and a host of other drug companies that knew

> that thimerosal posed a danger to newborns and yet continued to

> market it. Their primary concern, you see, was their bottom-line

> profits. Before 1989, American preschoolers received only three

> vaccinations — for polio, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and measles-

> mumps-rubella. A decade later, thanks to federal recommendations,

> children were receiving a total of 22 immunizations by the time

they

> reached first grade. As the number of vaccines increased, the rate

of

> autism among children exploded. Despite the fact that studies over

> the past several decades indicate that mercury tends to accumulate

in

> the brains of primates and other animals after they are injected

with

> vaccines, and that the brains of infants are particularly

> susceptible, government agencies that are supposed to protect us

from

> such things were not equal to the task.

>

> U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, for example, has received

> more than $1 million in contributions from the pharmaceutical

> industry and has worked studiously to immunize vaccine makers from

> liability in more than 4,200 lawsuits that have been filed by the

> parents of injured children. (I wonder, are these the " frivolous

> lawsuits " that our president works so diligently on our behalf to

> prevent?)

>

> Parents should know what hospitals and doctors are injecting into

the

> bodies of their young children.

>

> Assuming that the makers of human vaccines are legally required to

> disclose exactly what goes into those vaccines, parents should know

> if thimerosal is in the mix. Better yet, they should have to sign a

> paper that contains very large print and a stern warning: This may

be

> extremely hazardous to the health of your child.

>

>

>

>

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> ----------

>

>

>

> DAN KIMBER is a teacher in the Glendale Unified School District,

> where he has taught for more than 30 years. He may be reached at

> dkimb8aol.com.

>

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have an address for this intelligent gentleman? Sounds

like he could use a copy of EOH - I'd be happy to send one on.

[Guest guest]

Actually think the mom in this article that contacted him in the

first place has already given/loaned a copy!!

>

>

>

> EDUCATION MATTERS:

> Mercury may play autism role

> By DAN KIMBER

>

> I suspected that there would be feedback from last week's article

> about boys and girls. Most of my mail was from the ladies who were

> either in agreement or were appreciative that a male would even

> suggest that females should take a more active role in running this

> world of ours. There were a few grumpy males who took umbrage at

the

> suggestion. One snidely commended me for being in touch with my

> feminine side; another was sure that I was needing to score a few

> points with the ladies in my life. While that is a lifelong quest

for

> me, it was not in the offing here.

>

> In trying to figure out why girls in high school and colleges

across

> the nation are out-performing the boys, one of the more thoughtful

> responses came from Greg, who suggested that our one-size-fits-all

> education is turning off more and more students, especially the

> males, for its lack of relevance and its determination to run all

> students through the same processing mill. I tend to agree. We

should

> be serving our clientele more as they are and be less hung-up on

how

> we think they should be. By all means let's challenge our kids, but

> let's also make some effort to find out who and what they are, and

> how best they might fit into this complicated world. If that means

> that fewer sonnets and equations and peace treaties are studied,

then

> so be it.

>

> One parent contacted me with another possibility. What she told me

> was shocking. She writes, " I believe what is happening is that this

> generation of kids is being exposed to an increasing amount of

toxins

> which have effects that we are just beginning to learn about. I

have

> an autistic son and it is quite possible that his autism is a

direct

> result of vaccines given to him at birth — vaccines that routinely

> contained mercury. "

>

> Just for the record, mercury is the second most toxic substance on

> earth. Even minute quantities cause harm.

>

> More than 500,000 kids currently suffer from autism, and

> pediatricians diagnose more than 40,000 new cases every year. The

> disease was unknown until 1943 when thimerosal, an additive for

> vaccinations for newborns that contains 50% ethyl mercury, was

mixed

> in with vaccinations given to newborns and young children.

>

> Twyla wrote, " My 14-year-old son received a Hepatitis B

vaccination,

> which contained thimerosal, on the day he was born. This had become

> routinely recommended for all newborns even though this disease is

> spread through sexual contact and IV drug use. I guess they felt

that

> they could not trust women to say whether they might be at risk for

> passing this virus on to the developing fetus, so it was best just

to

> vaccinate all newborns. It did not occur to the powers-that-be that

> injecting even a tiny amount of mercury into a newborn baby was a

> very bad idea. And that first shot was only the beginning, as

> vaccinations continued every few months throughout infancy. "

>

> According to [Environmental Protection Agency] standards, the

amount

> of mercury contained in a single vaccination preserved with

> thimerosal would be considered safe for a 500-pound man. During the

> 1990s, the number of vaccinations increased dramatically. Nobody in

> authority thought to add up the amount of mercury being injected

into

> infants, toddlers and children until the turn of the century.

>

> Now lets bring it forward to June 16, 2005. A group of top

government

> scientists and health officials gathered for a meeting in Norcross,

> Ga. The purpose of this assembly was to study the disturbing

> questions being raised about the safety of a host of common

childhood

> vaccines administered to infants and young children. According to a

> Center for Disease Control spokesman, " thimerosal appeared to be

> responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other

> neurological disorders among children, including attention-deficit

> disorder and hyperactivity.

>

> Since 1991, when the Center for Disease Control and Federal Drug

> Administration gave their official stamp of approval to thimerosal,

> the estimated number of cases of autism had increased 15-fold, from

> one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children.

>

> Enter Eli Lilly, Merck and a host of other drug companies that knew

> that thimerosal posed a danger to newborns and yet continued to

> market it. Their primary concern, you see, was their bottom-line

> profits. Before 1989, American preschoolers received only three

> vaccinations — for polio, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and measles-

> mumps-rubella. A decade later, thanks to federal recommendations,

> children were receiving a total of 22 immunizations by the time

they

> reached first grade. As the number of vaccines increased, the rate

of

> autism among children exploded. Despite the fact that studies over

> the past several decades indicate that mercury tends to accumulate

in

> the brains of primates and other animals after they are injected

with

> vaccines, and that the brains of infants are particularly

> susceptible, government agencies that are supposed to protect us

from

> such things were not equal to the task.

>

> U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, for example, has received

> more than $1 million in contributions from the pharmaceutical

> industry and has worked studiously to immunize vaccine makers from

> liability in more than 4,200 lawsuits that have been filed by the

> parents of injured children. (I wonder, are these the " frivolous

> lawsuits " that our president works so diligently on our behalf to

> prevent?)

>

> Parents should know what hospitals and doctors are injecting into

the

> bodies of their young children.

>

> Assuming that the makers of human vaccines are legally required to

> disclose exactly what goes into those vaccines, parents should know

> if thimerosal is in the mix. Better yet, they should have to sign a

> paper that contains very large print and a stern warning: This may

be

> extremely hazardous to the health of your child.

>

>

>

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------

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> ----------

>

>

>

> DAN KIMBER is a teacher in the Glendale Unified School District,

> where he has taught for more than 30 years. He may be reached at

> dkimb8aol.com.

>