Inappropriate use of this group

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In a message dated 1/7/2006 11:38:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

gvizjazz@... writes:

agree with you that the purpose of the site is to focus on the issues

of our children and their conditions and should not be used as a political

platform. We are doing a disservice to the site if we turn it into a poticial

or personal forum. The site is for us to share our experiences with our

children and to discuss their conditions and hopeful cure for the future.

Political platforms have no place on this site. I couldn't help responding and

agreeing with your post. If people want to voice their political agendas,

there are plenty of other ways to do that on the net.

I agree as well. I happen to agree with the poster politically, as I am left

of center and an environmentalist. However, on this list I want to learn

about my son. I simply put a block on that members mail so it doesn't add to my

mail.

[Guest guest]

I thought this was a support group and I feel it should not be used as

a platform for other issues. I feel this is inappropriate use of this forum.

I am not making judgment on your issues but I feel your posts are

gravitating away from the purpose of this group and becoming a political

platform for other issues. I am not saying I agree or disagree with your

posts but I do feel some of these posts are outside the scope of this

support group. My Opinion. Ann

Public Policy Groups Getting $ From ExxonMobil

> Thursday, 05 January 2006

> Some Like It Hot: " Forty public policy groups have this in common: They

> seek

> to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to

> overheat. And they all get money from ExxonMobil....There is overwhelming

> scientific consensus that greenhouse gases emitted by human activity are

> causing global average temperatures to rise. Conservative think tanks are

> trying to undermine this conclusion with a disinformation campaign

> employing

> 'reports' designed to look like a counterbalance to peer-reviewed studies,

> skeptic propaganda masquerading as journalism.... "

>

>

> There is overwhelming scientific consensus that greenhouse gases emitted

> by

> human activity are causing global average temperatures to rise.

> Conservative

> think tanks are trying to undermine this conclusion with a disinformation

> campaign employing " reports " designed to look like a counterbalance to

> peer-reviewed studies, skeptic propaganda masquerading as journalism, and

> events like the AEI luncheon that Crichton addressed. The think tanks

> provide both intellectual cover for those who reject what the best science

> currently tells us, and ammunition for conservative policymakers like

> Senator Inhofe (R-Okla.), the chair of the Environment and Public

> Works Committee, who calls global warming " a hoax. "

>

>

> This concerted effort reflects the shared convictions of free-market, and

> thus antiregulatory, conservatives. But there's another factor at play. In

> addition to being supported by like-minded individuals and ideologically

> sympathetic foundations, these groups are funded by ExxonMobil, the

> world's

> largest oil company. Mother has tallied some 40 ExxonMobil-funded

> organizations that either have sought to undermine mainstream scientific

> findings on global climate change or have maintained affiliations with a

> small group of " skeptic " scientists who continue to do so.

>

> Beyond think tanks, the count also includes quasi-journalistic outlets

> like

> Tech CentralStation.com (a website providing " news, analysis, research,

> and

> commentary " that received $95,000 from ExxonMobil in 2003), a FoxNews.com

> columnist, and even religious and civil rights groups. In total, these

> organizations received more than $8 million between 2000 and 2003 (the

> last

> year for which records are available; all figures below are for that range

> unless otherwise noted).

>

> ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Lee serves as vice chairman of the

> board

> of trustees for the AEI, which received $960,000 in funding from

> ExxonMobil.

> The AEI-Brookings Institution Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, which

> officially hosted Crichton, received another $55,000. When asked about the

> event, the center's executive director, Hahn-who's a fellow with

> the

> AEI-defended it, saying, " Climate science is a field in which reasonable

> experts can disagree. " (By contrast, on the day of the event, the

> Brookings

> Institution posted a scathing critique of Crichton's book.)

>

>

> During the question-and-answer period following his speech, Crichton drew

> an

> analogy between believers in global warming and Nazi eugenicists.

> " Auschwitz

> exists because of politicized science, " Crichton asserted, to gasps from

> some in the crowd. There was no acknowledgment that the AEI event was part

> of an attempt to do just that: politicize science. The audience at hand

> was

> certainly full of partisans. Listening attentively was Myron Ebell, a man

> recently censured by the British House of Commons for " unfounded and

> insulting criticism of Sir King, the Government's Chief Scientist. "

>

> Ebell is the global warming and international policy director of the

> Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), which has received a whopping

> $1,380,000 from ExxonMobil. Sitting in the back of the room was

>

> Horner, the silver-haired counsel to the Cooler Heads Coalition who's also

> a

> CEI senior fellow. Present also was Driessen, a senior fellow with

> the

> Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ($252,000) and the Center for the

> Defense of Free Enterprise ($40,000 in 2003). Saying he's " heartened that

> ExxonMobil and a couple of other groups have stood up and said, 'this is

> not

> science,' " Driessen, who is white, has made it his mission to portray

> Kyoto-style emissions regulations as an attack on people of color-his

> recent

> book is entitled Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death (see " Black

> Gold? " ).

>

> Driessen has also written about the role that think tanks can play in

> helping corporations achieve their objectives. Such outlets " can provide

> research, present credible independent voices on a host of issues,

> indirectly influence opinion and political leaders, and promote

> responsible

> social and economic agendas, " he advised companies in a 2001 essay

> published

> in Capital PR News. " They have extensive networks among scholars,

> academics,

> scientists, journalists, community leaders and politicians.. You will be

> amazed at how much they do with so little. "

>

>

http://www.wnymedia.net/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=798 & Itemid=35

>

>

>

>

>

> Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with

> the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the

> opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with you that the purpose of the site is to focus on the issues of

our children and their conditions and should not be used as a political

platform. We are doing a disservice to the site if we turn it into a poticial or

personal forum. The site is for us to share our experiences with our

children and to discuss their conditions and hopeful cure for the future.

Political platforms have no place on this site. I couldn't help responding and

agreeing with your post. If people want to voice their political agendas, there

are plenty of other ways to do that on the net.

Inappropriate use of this group

I thought this was a support group and I feel it should not be used as

a platform for other issues. I feel this is inappropriate use of this forum.

I am not making judgment on your issues but I feel your posts are

gravitating away from the purpose of this group and becoming a political

platform for other issues. I am not saying I agree or disagree with your

posts but I do feel some of these posts are outside the scope of this

support group. My Opinion. Ann

Public Policy Groups Getting $ From ExxonMobil

> Thursday, 05 January 2006

> Some Like It Hot: " Forty public policy groups have this in common: They

> seek

> to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to

> overheat. And they all get money from ExxonMobil....There is overwhelming

> scientific consensus that greenhouse gases emitted by human activity are

> causing global average temperatures to rise. Conservative think tanks are

> trying to undermine this conclusion with a disinformation campaign

> employing

> 'reports' designed to look like a counterbalance to peer-reviewed studies,

> skeptic propaganda masquerading as journalism.... "

>

>

> There is overwhelming scientific consensus that greenhouse gases emitted

> by

> human activity are causing global average temperatures to rise.

> Conservative

> think tanks are trying to undermine this conclusion with a disinformation

> campaign employing " reports " designed to look like a counterbalance to

> peer-reviewed studies, skeptic propaganda masquerading as journalism, and

> events like the AEI luncheon that Crichton addressed. The think tanks

> provide both intellectual cover for those who reject what the best science

> currently tells us, and ammunition for conservative policymakers like

> Senator Inhofe (R-Okla.), the chair of the Environment and Public

> Works Committee, who calls global warming " a hoax. "

>

>

> This concerted effort reflects the shared convictions of free-market, and

> thus antiregulatory, conservatives. But there's another factor at play. In

> addition to being supported by like-minded individuals and ideologically

> sympathetic foundations, these groups are funded by ExxonMobil, the

> world's

> largest oil company. Mother has tallied some 40 ExxonMobil-funded

> organizations that either have sought to undermine mainstream scientific

> findings on global climate change or have maintained affiliations with a

> small group of " skeptic " scientists who continue to do so.

>

> Beyond think tanks, the count also includes quasi-journalistic outlets

> like

> Tech CentralStation.com (a website providing " news, analysis, research,

> and

> commentary " that received $95,000 from ExxonMobil in 2003), a FoxNews.com

> columnist, and even religious and civil rights groups. In total, these

> organizations received more than $8 million between 2000 and 2003 (the

> last

> year for which records are available; all figures below are for that range

> unless otherwise noted).

>

> ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Lee serves as vice chairman of the

> board

> of trustees for the AEI, which received $960,000 in funding from

> ExxonMobil.

> The AEI-Brookings Institution Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, which

> officially hosted Crichton, received another $55,000. When asked about the

> event, the center's executive director, Hahn-who's a fellow with

> the

> AEI-defended it, saying, " Climate science is a field in which reasonable

> experts can disagree. " (By contrast, on the day of the event, the

> Brookings

> Institution posted a scathing critique of Crichton's book.)

>

>

> During the question-and-answer period following his speech, Crichton drew

> an

> analogy between believers in global warming and Nazi eugenicists.

> " Auschwitz

> exists because of politicized science, " Crichton asserted, to gasps from

> some in the crowd. There was no acknowledgment that the AEI event was part

> of an attempt to do just that: politicize science. The audience at hand

> was

> certainly full of partisans. Listening attentively was Myron Ebell, a man

> recently censured by the British House of Commons for " unfounded and

> insulting criticism of Sir King, the Government's Chief Scientist. "

>

> Ebell is the global warming and international policy director of the

> Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), which has received a whopping

> $1,380,000 from ExxonMobil. Sitting in the back of the room was

>

> Horner, the silver-haired counsel to the Cooler Heads Coalition who's also

> a

> CEI senior fellow. Present also was Driessen, a senior fellow with

> the

> Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ($252,000) and the Center for the

> Defense of Free Enterprise ($40,000 in 2003). Saying he's " heartened that

> ExxonMobil and a couple of other groups have stood up and said, 'this is

> not

> science,' " Driessen, who is white, has made it his mission to portray

> Kyoto-style emissions regulations as an attack on people of color-his

> recent

> book is entitled Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death (see " Black

> Gold? " ).

>

> Driessen has also written about the role that think tanks can play in

> helping corporations achieve their objectives. Such outlets " can provide

> research, present credible independent voices on a host of issues,

> indirectly influence opinion and political leaders, and promote

> responsible

> social and economic agendas, " he advised companies in a 2001 essay

> published

> in Capital PR News. " They have extensive networks among scholars,

> academics,

> scientists, journalists, community leaders and politicians.. You will be

> amazed at how much they do with so little. "

>

>

http://www.wnymedia.net/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=798 & Itemid=35

>

>

>

>

>

> Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with

> the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the

> opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I happen to no agree.

Take Cheryl's post of " Governor Blagojevich's Plan to Reduce Mercury

Pollution " for example. I happen to read from here a while of go of

survey conducted in Texas, the ratio of Development delayed student

is perportion to the rate of mercury emited in the air of the school

location. It is quite obvious that some parent/advocates know this

information, and take it as a issue to the governor, and he take it

to his heart and take some action against it.

Different aspect of knowledge of same topic will not disserve you.

But ingrant will not help your cause.

FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was closing children's

homes somes serve autistic children to save his buget. It was heart

beaking for parents and children they served.

Jin

>

>

> In a message dated 1/7/2006 11:38:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> gvizjazz@a... writes:

>

> agree with you that the purpose of the site is to focus on

the issues

> of our children and their conditions and should not be used as a

political

> platform. We are doing a disservice to the site if we turn it into

a poticial

> or personal forum. The site is for us to share our experiences with

our

> children and to discuss their conditions and hopeful cure for the

future.

> Political platforms have no place on this site. I couldn't help

responding and

> agreeing with your post. If people want to voice their political

agendas,

> there are plenty of other ways to do that on the net.

>

>

>

>

> I agree as well. I happen to agree with the poster politically, as

I am left

> of center and an environmentalist. However, on this list I want to

learn

> about my son. I simply put a block on that members mail so it

doesn't add to my

> mail.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM Central Standard Time,

yanglou@... writes:

FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was closing children's

homes somes serve autistic children to save his buget. It was heart

beaking for parents and children they served.

Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is still ranked near the bottom

of providing services for children with autism and DD. It is ranked near the

top in spending on adults however...good thing right? UNfortunately that

ranking is earned by 80% of the money being spent on institutionalization. The

point

is that all of these things go way beyond the presidents or the

governors...it is why we all need to concentrate on making our legislators aware

of Autism

and its accompanying issues.

And as for Illinois mercury read this...

Date: January 5, 2006

contact: Ayoub, MD

News release

Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

(217) 691-3298

Pediatricians and public health officials planned to file exemption

months before activation of law banning mercury from vaccines for

infants and pregnant women.

Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

officials this week have filed for an exemption that bypasses state

lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure of Illinois citizens who

receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th meeting of pediatricians

held two months before Governor Blagojevich signed the bill indicated

that state health agencies had already planned to file an exemption.

State Representative Kurt Granberg (D-Centralia) was the bill's primary

sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was signed into law in on August

29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury content in all vaccines to

1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006. Commencing January 1, 2008 all

vaccines administered in Illinois will be required to be totally

mercury-free. The vaccine preservative thimerosal is comprised of

49.6% mercury by weight and is a known neurotoxin.

The bill was introduced over concerns of the association between

thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that have risen in prevalence

from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In May 2003 a congressional

investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana) concluded

that mercury was the likely cause of the meteoric rise in

neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous research studies have since

confirmed the relationship and there are widespread reports of

successful treatment of autism by measures directed at removing

retained mercury from victims and repairing its metabolic damage.

Furthermore, autism rates in some states have started dropping after

mercury was removed from several routine vaccines after 1999.

The Illinois bill would most notably impact infants and pregnant women

getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine. Adults receiving the flu shot

today are exposed to 25 micrograms of mercury or 3.5 times greater than

what the EPA considers safe. Flu shots for infants will surpass the EPA

limits by 11-16 times and when an expectant mother is immunized the

second trimester fetus will be overdosed by a factor of 250.

According to Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Sandy Kaufman, many of the 6

million pediatric, mercury-free flu vaccines are still available and

last years unused excess was discarded. However, the adult presentation

of the flu vaccine is now completely sold-out.

Sold-out is exactly how some legislators and advocates in Illinois

feel when the exemption was announced

The exemption signed January 1st, 2006 by IDPH Director Whitaker,

ignored the fact that safer, mercury-free flu vaccines for children are

currently available.

" I am disappointed that we've flipped the safety valve of the exemption

in the first yearâ€, said Senator Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), one senator

who took a particularly active role in the bill's advance. “There was

clearly a breakdown in communication between IDPH and the medical

community and the pharmaceutical companies, and we'll have to determine

whether that breakdown can be remedied legislatively. "

Parent sentiments were similar. “It concerns me that they have wasted

precious time trying to find ways to avoid complying with the law,

rather than securing a safe vaccine supply for our children " , stated

Blakely of Oak Park Illinois, mother to an autistic 6-year

old boy.

The bill had easily passed in the Senate (56-0) and in the House

(135-1) on May 29th, leaving ample time for IDPH to comply with the

law. It appears little if any effort was made to notify vaccine

providers.

“I never heard about it, our hospital was not made aware and I have not

encountered any physician that knew about this legislationâ€, said a

frustrated Dr. Vautrain, Chief Medical Officer of Memorial

Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. Authorities at pharmacies,

hospitals and clinics in Peoria, Bloomington and Chicago gave similar

responses.

McMahon of the IDPH immunization division stated that details of

implementation were not specified in the language of the bill.

“Notification of vaccine providers was not our dutyâ€, she said.

Minutes from a meeting of infectious disease experts at the Illinois

Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP) on June 29, 2005

revealed that pediatricians were not happy. According to the memo, the

ICAAP deployed lobbying forces to “mitigate the negative effects of

this bill as much as possibleâ€. The ICAAP also took credit for blocking

provisions that would have informed patients that vaccines even

contained a known chemical toxin, mercury. In addition, the meetings'

minutes disclosed that McMahon had planned to “develop and issue

an exemption almost immediately after this bill is signedâ€.

Whether withholding notification of the new law to Illinois' physicians

and healthcare agencies was part of that strategy is uncertain, but

such inaction would have forced IDPH to file for an exemption late in

the flu season when the limited, adult mercury-free vaccine inventories

would have likely been depleted.

“Their inaction coupled with premeditated plans to file an exemption

back in June is indicative of incompetence if not malfeasance,â€

complained Dr. Ayoub, Director of the Prairie Collaborative, a

vaccine safety advocacy organization in Springfield.

Ed Pont, M.D., the government affairs chairman and president-elect of

the ICAAP declined to comment about the memo or whether the

organization took any measures to notify Illinois' pediatricians.

According to Ayoub, the ICAAP took a seemingly opposite position from

their national chapter who along with the CDC and Public Health Service

disseminated an urgent statement in 1999 claiming that thimerosal

should be removed from childhood vaccines “as soon as possibleâ€.

The ICAAP also disclosed that they were responsible for the emergency

exemption provisions of the bill that included an 'economic emergencyâ€

if the Illinois Department of Public Health could not allocate

additional funds to cover the added vaccine cost of approximately $2.00

per vaccine.

Speaking of costs, Illinois tax papers have enormous burdens covering

special education costs for the exploding rates of a variety of

neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. According to the Report

of the Autism Task Force there were 8,076 autistic children in Illinois

in the 2004-05 fiscal year, a 32% increase over the prior year. The

Illinois Department of Education Report indicates a 1,200% increase in

Illinois children seeking services for autism since 1992. “This likely

only represents 1/3 of the actual cases in Illinoisâ€, said Kathy Gould

of the Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project.

In addition, there were 142,042 cases of specific learning

disabilities, 74,204 with speech impairment, and 8,141 cases of

developmental delay, all conditions acknowledged to be potential

consequences of thimerosal exposure according to its manufacturers.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education 2006 Budget Report,

the number of teachers employed by the state has increased from 30 in

1999 to 180 in 2004. This 438% increase dwarfs the 13.2% increase in

the total number of special education teachers in Illinois during the

same time period. According to the Government Accountability Office,

states spent an average of $18,800 per year for special education needs

of each autistic child. This equates to a staggering $150 million

dollars to educate Illinois' autistic children. “If a child requires

institutional care, the state's annual costs could exceed $250,000 per

childâ€, added Gould. The family's cost of caring for a child with

autism is about $60-80,000 per year and lifetime costs can exceed $2

million.

The $2.00 cost for a safer vaccine does not appear unreasonable.

Should any vaccines containing thimerosal be discarded they must be

carefully disposed since the concentration of mercury, about 50,000

ppb, easily exceeds the toxic-waste qualifying concentration of 200

ppb. It appears that the IDPH has an alternative disposal plan-

directly into the arms of its citizens.

Ayoub, MD=

[Guest guest]

Illinois ranks at the bottom may be got to do with it was in there

for a long time before Blagoyevich take over.

That aside, Republican or not is not the problem here. The problem of

the policy the advcates, and established. Wiscosin start pay for ABA

when Tommy Thomson was Governor.

However, Republican was on the short side of a lot of discussion

here, because they more tend to giving money to those who have more,

and taking money from those who need help. We, and our children are

more likely on the short end of their policy, or what ever they

advacates.

Jin

>

> In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM Central Standard Time,

> yanglou@c... writes:

> FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was closing

children's

> homes somes serve autistic children to save his buget. It was heart

> beaking for parents and children they served.

> Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is still ranked near

the bottom

> of providing services for children with autism and DD. It is ranked

near the

> top in spending on adults however...good thing right?

UNfortunately that

> ranking is earned by 80% of the money being spent on

institutionalization. The point

> is that all of these things go way beyond the presidents or the

> governors...it is why we all need to concentrate on making our

legislators aware of Autism

> and its accompanying issues.

>

> And as for Illinois mercury read this...

>

> Date: January 5, 2006

> contact: Ayoub, MD

> News release

> Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

> (217) 691-3298

>

> Pediatricians and public health officials planned to file exemption

> months before activation of law banning mercury from vaccines for

> infants and pregnant women.

>

> Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

>

>

> Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

> officials this week have filed for an exemption that bypasses state

> lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure of Illinois citizens

who

> receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th meeting of

pediatricians

> held two months before Governor Blagojevich signed the bill

indicated

> that state health agencies had already planned to file an exemption.

>

> State Representative Kurt Granberg (D-Centralia) was the bill's

primary

> sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was signed into law in on

August

> 29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury content in all

vaccines to

> 1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006. Commencing January 1, 2008

all

> vaccines administered in Illinois will be required to be totally

> mercury-free. The vaccine preservative thimerosal is comprised of

> 49.6% mercury by weight and is a known neurotoxin.

>

> The bill was introduced over concerns of the association between

> thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that have risen in

prevalence

> from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In May 2003 a

congressional

> investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan Burton (R-Indiana)

concluded

> that mercury was the likely cause of the meteoric rise in

> neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous research studies have since

> confirmed the relationship and there are widespread reports of

> successful treatment of autism by measures directed at removing

> retained mercury from victims and repairing its metabolic damage.

> Furthermore, autism rates in some states have started dropping

after

> mercury was removed from several routine vaccines after 1999.

>

> The Illinois bill would most notably impact infants and pregnant

women

> getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine. Adults receiving the flu

shot

> today are exposed to 25 micrograms of mercury or 3.5 times greater

than

> what the EPA considers safe. Flu shots for infants will surpass the

EPA

> limits by 11-16 times and when an expectant mother is immunized the

> second trimester fetus will be overdosed by a factor of 250.

>

> According to Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Sandy Kaufman, many of the

6

> million pediatric, mercury-free flu vaccines are still available

and

> last years unused excess was discarded. However, the adult

presentation

> of the flu vaccine is now completely sold-out.

>

> Sold-out is exactly how some legislators and advocates in Illinois

> feel when the exemption was announced

>

> The exemption signed January 1st, 2006 by IDPH Director

Whitaker,

> ignored the fact that safer, mercury-free flu vaccines for children

are

> currently available.

>

> " I am disappointed that we've flipped the safety valve of the

exemption

> in the first yearâ€, said Senator Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), one

senator

> who took a particularly active role in the bill's advance. “There

was

> clearly a breakdown in communication between IDPH and the medical

> community and the pharmaceutical companies, and we'll have to

determine

> whether that breakdown can be remedied legislatively. "

>

> Parent sentiments were similar. “It concerns me that they have

wasted

> precious time trying to find ways to avoid complying with the law,

> rather than securing a safe vaccine supply for our children " ,

stated

> Blakely of Oak Park Illinois, mother to an autistic 6-

year

> old boy.

>

> The bill had easily passed in the Senate (56-0) and in the House

> (135-1) on May 29th, leaving ample time for IDPH to comply with the

> law. It appears little if any effort was made to notify vaccine

> providers.

>

> “I never heard about it, our hospital was not made aware and I

have not

> encountered any physician that knew about this legislationâ€, said

a

> frustrated Dr. Vautrain, Chief Medical Officer of Memorial

> Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. Authorities at pharmacies,

> hospitals and clinics in Peoria, Bloomington and Chicago gave

similar

> responses.

>

> McMahon of the IDPH immunization division stated that details

of

> implementation were not specified in the language of the bill.

> “Notification of vaccine providers was not our dutyâ€, she said.

>

> Minutes from a meeting of infectious disease experts at the

Illinois

> Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP) on June 29,

2005

> revealed that pediatricians were not happy. According to the memo,

the

> ICAAP deployed lobbying forces to “mitigate the negative effects

of

> this bill as much as possibleâ€. The ICAAP also took credit for

blocking

> provisions that would have informed patients that vaccines even

> contained a known chemical toxin, mercury. In addition, the

meetings'

> minutes disclosed that McMahon had planned to “develop and

issue

> an exemption almost immediately after this bill is signedâ€.

>

> Whether withholding notification of the new law to Illinois'

physicians

> and healthcare agencies was part of that strategy is uncertain, but

> such inaction would have forced IDPH to file for an exemption late

in

> the flu season when the limited, adult mercury-free vaccine

inventories

> would have likely been depleted.

>

> “Their inaction coupled with premeditated plans to file an

exemption

> back in June is indicative of incompetence if not malfeasance,â€

> complained Dr. Ayoub, Director of the Prairie Collaborative,

a

> vaccine safety advocacy organization in Springfield.

>

> Ed Pont, M.D., the government affairs chairman and president-elect

of

> the ICAAP declined to comment about the memo or whether the

> organization took any measures to notify Illinois' pediatricians.

>

> According to Ayoub, the ICAAP took a seemingly opposite position

from

> their national chapter who along with the CDC and Public Health

Service

> disseminated an urgent statement in 1999 claiming that thimerosal

> should be removed from childhood vaccines “as soon as possibleâ€.

>

> The ICAAP also disclosed that they were responsible for the

emergency

> exemption provisions of the bill that included an 'economic

emergencyâ€

> if the Illinois Department of Public Health could not allocate

> additional funds to cover the added vaccine cost of approximately

$2.00

> per vaccine.

>

> Speaking of costs, Illinois tax papers have enormous burdens

covering

> special education costs for the exploding rates of a variety of

> neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. According to the

Report

> of the Autism Task Force there were 8,076 autistic children in

Illinois

> in the 2004-05 fiscal year, a 32% increase over the prior year. The

> Illinois Department of Education Report indicates a 1,200% increase

in

> Illinois children seeking services for autism since 1992. “This

likely

> only represents 1/3 of the actual cases in Illinoisâ€, said Kathy

Gould

> of the Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project.

>

> In addition, there were 142,042 cases of specific learning

> disabilities, 74,204 with speech impairment, and 8,141 cases of

> developmental delay, all conditions acknowledged to be potential

> consequences of thimerosal exposure according to its manufacturers.

> According to the Illinois State Board of Education 2006 Budget

Report,

> the number of teachers employed by the state has increased from 30

in

> 1999 to 180 in 2004. This 438% increase dwarfs the 13.2% increase

in

> the total number of special education teachers in Illinois during

the

> same time period. According to the Government Accountability

Office,

> states spent an average of $18,800 per year for special education

needs

> of each autistic child. This equates to a staggering $150 million

> dollars to educate Illinois' autistic children. “If a child

requires

> institutional care, the state's annual costs could exceed $250,000

per

> childâ€, added Gould. The family's cost of caring for a child with

> autism is about $60-80,000 per year and lifetime costs can exceed

$2

> million.

>

> The $2.00 cost for a safer vaccine does not appear unreasonable.

>

> Should any vaccines containing thimerosal be discarded they must be

> carefully disposed since the concentration of mercury, about 50,000

> ppb, easily exceeds the toxic-waste qualifying concentration of 200

> ppb. It appears that the IDPH has an alternative disposal plan-

> directly into the arms of its citizens.

> Ayoub, MD=

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I meant that if a post is relevant to autism then it is a valuable service to

the others on the site to inform about it. However if it does not relate to

autism or something related to developmental disabilities, then it does not

belong here. We all appreciate it if someone posts information pertaining to our

cause or the problems we are facing with our kids.

Re: Inappropriate use of this group

I happen to no agree.

Take Cheryl's post of " Governor Blagojevich's Plan to Reduce Mercury

Pollution " for example. I happen to read from here a while of go of

survey conducted in Texas, the ratio of Development delayed student

is perportion to the rate of mercury emited in the air of the school

location. It is quite obvious that some parent/advocates know this

information, and take it as a issue to the governor, and he take it

to his heart and take some action against it.

Different aspect of knowledge of same topic will not disserve you.

But ingrant will not help your cause.

FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was closing children's

homes somes serve autistic children to save his buget. It was heart

beaking for parents and children they served.

Jin

>

>

> In a message dated 1/7/2006 11:38:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> gvizjazz@a... writes:

>

> agree with you that the purpose of the site is to focus on

the issues

> of our children and their conditions and should not be used as a

political

> platform. We are doing a disservice to the site if we turn it into

a poticial

> or personal forum. The site is for us to share our experiences with

our

> children and to discuss their conditions and hopeful cure for the

future.

> Political platforms have no place on this site. I couldn't help

responding and

> agreeing with your post. If people want to voice their political

agendas,

> there are plenty of other ways to do that on the net.

>

>

>

>

> I agree as well. I happen to agree with the poster politically, as

I am left

> of center and an environmentalist. However, on this list I want to

learn

> about my son. I simply put a block on that members mail so it

doesn't add to my

> mail.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Our newest Illinois Governor has basically stripped

many programs for wayward children and special needs

programs. He completely wiped two of our Children

rehab center areas in St., Il. alone

snip-snip-snip-snip

--- jinyang061629 <yanglou@...> wrote:

> Illinois ranks at the bottom may be got to do with

> it was in there

> for a long time before Blagoyevich take over.

>

> That aside, Republican or not is not the problem

> here. The problem of

> the policy the advcates, and established. Wiscosin

> start pay for ABA

> when Tommy Thomson was Governor.

>

> However, Republican was on the short side of a lot

> of discussion

> here, because they more tend to giving money to

> those who have more,

> and taking money from those who need help. We, and

> our children are

> more likely on the short end of their policy, or

> what ever they

> advacates.

>

> Jin

>

>

> >

> > In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM Central

> Standard Time,

> > yanglou@c... writes:

> > FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was

> closing

> children's

> > homes somes serve autistic children to save his

> buget. It was heart

> > beaking for parents and children they served.

> > Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is

> still ranked near

> the bottom

> > of providing services for children with autism and

> DD. It is ranked

> near the

> > top in spending on adults however...good thing

> right?

> UNfortunately that

> > ranking is earned by 80% of the money being spent

> on

> institutionalization. The point

> > is that all of these things go way beyond the

> presidents or the

> > governors...it is why we all need to concentrate

> on making our

> legislators aware of Autism

> > and its accompanying issues.

> >

> > And as for Illinois mercury read this...

> >

> > Date: January 5, 2006

> > contact: Ayoub, MD

> > News release

> > Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

> > (217) 691-3298

> >

> > Pediatricians and public health officials planned

> to file exemption

> > months before activation of law banning mercury

> from vaccines for

> > infants and pregnant women.

> >

> > Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

> >

> >

> > Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of

> Public Health (IDPH)

> > officials this week have filed for an exemption

> that bypasses state

> > lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure of

> Illinois citizens

> who

> > receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th

> meeting of

> pediatricians

> > held two months before Governor Blagojevich signed

> the bill

> indicated

> > that state health agencies had already planned to

> file an exemption.

> >

> > State Representative Kurt Granberg (D-Centralia)

> was the bill's

> primary

> > sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was signed

> into law in on

> August

> > 29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury

> content in all

> vaccines to

> > 1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006. Commencing

> January 1, 2008

> all

> > vaccines administered in Illinois will be required

> to be totally

> > mercury-free. The vaccine preservative thimerosal

> is comprised of

> > 49.6% mercury by weight and is a known neurotoxin.

> >

> > The bill was introduced over concerns of the

> association between

> > thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that have

> risen in

> prevalence

> > from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In May

> 2003 a

> congressional

> > investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan Burton

> (R-Indiana)

> concluded

> > that mercury was the likely cause of the meteoric

> rise in

> > neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous research

> studies have since

> > confirmed the relationship and there are

> widespread reports of

> > successful treatment of autism by measures

> directed at removing

> > retained mercury from victims and repairing its

> metabolic damage.

> > Furthermore, autism rates in some states have

> started dropping

> after

> > mercury was removed from several routine vaccines

> after 1999.

> >

> > The Illinois bill would most notably impact

> infants and pregnant

> women

> > getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine. Adults

> receiving the flu

> shot

> > today are exposed to 25 micrograms of mercury or

> 3.5 times greater

> than

> > what the EPA considers safe. Flu shots for infants

> will surpass the

> EPA

> > limits by 11-16 times and when an expectant mother

> is immunized the

> > second trimester fetus will be overdosed by a

> factor of 250.

> >

> > According to Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Sandy

> Kaufman, many of the

> 6

> > million pediatric, mercury-free flu vaccines are

> still available

> and

> > last years unused excess was discarded. However,

> the adult

> presentation

> > of the flu vaccine is now completely sold-out.

> >

> > Sold-out is exactly how some legislators and

> advocates in Illinois

> > feel when the exemption was announced

> >

> > The exemption signed January 1st, 2006 by IDPH

> Director

> Whitaker,

> > ignored the fact that safer, mercury-free flu

> vaccines for children

> are

> > currently available.

> >

> > " I am disappointed that we've flipped the safety

> valve of the

> exemption

> > in the first yearâ€, said Senator Don Harmon

> (D-Oak Park), one

> senator

> > who took a particularly active role in the bill's

> advance. “There

> was

> > clearly a breakdown in communication between IDPH

> and the medical

> > community and the pharmaceutical companies, and

> we'll have to

> determine

> > whether that breakdown can be remedied

> legislatively. "

> >

> > Parent sentiments were similar. “It concerns me

> that they have

> wasted

> > precious time trying to find ways to avoid

> complying with the law,

> > rather than securing a safe vaccine supply for our

> children " ,

> stated

> > Blakely of Oak Park Illinois, mother to

> an autistic 6-

> year

> > old boy.

> >

> > The bill had easily passed in the Senate (56-0)

> and

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----Original Message Follows----

From: Shenko <jankevus@...>

>Our newest Illinois Governor has basically stripped

many programs for wayward children and special needs

programs. He completely wiped two of our Children

>rehab center areas in St., Il. alone

All states will be struggling to fund programs due to federal legislation

that is shifting more costs to the states and drastically reducing federal

funding for programs. The states either have to take on more of the burden

or cut programs.

No child left behind is a joke. If legislators don't do something to change

that law there will be many programs that parents rely on at risk in the

future. Many schools are already being privatized and if some analysts are

correct.........all public schools, services, could disappear. In

california we have higher educational standards than some. That higher

standard will either have to be lowered to reduce the achievement gap

required under the law......or more of our schools will be classified as

underperforming and at risk for private take-over.

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

,

Illinois replican governers record on public health is nothing to

glee about. I have been in this state for 18 yesr. There was 3

governers I know preceeds the new gaoverner. All of them replican.

They preside over very prospers 80th, and 90th. Yet, Ilinois ranked

near the bottom of many services.

From what I learn, the new governer has been trying very hard to not

to cut funding from education, and public health. I doubt that any

or the previous Republican Governer can do better.

Jin

> > >

> > > In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM Central

> > Standard Time,

> > > yanglou@c... writes:

> > > FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor was

> > closing

> > children's

> > > homes somes serve autistic children to save his

> > buget. It was heart

> > > beaking for parents and children they served.

> > > Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is

> > still ranked near

> > the bottom

> > > of providing services for children with autism and

> > DD. It is ranked

> > near the

> > > top in spending on adults however...good thing

> > right?

> > UNfortunately that

> > > ranking is earned by 80% of the money being spent

> > on

> > institutionalization. The point

> > > is that all of these things go way beyond the

> > presidents or the

> > > governors...it is why we all need to concentrate

> > on making our

> > legislators aware of Autism

> > > and its accompanying issues.

> > >

> > > And as for Illinois mercury read this...

> > >

> > > Date: January 5, 2006

> > > contact: Ayoub, MD

> > > News release

> > > Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

> > > (217) 691-3298

> > >

> > > Pediatricians and public health officials planned

> > to file exemption

> > > months before activation of law banning mercury

> > from vaccines for

> > > infants and pregnant women.

> > >

> > > Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

> > >

> > >

> > > Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of

> > Public Health (IDPH)

> > > officials this week have filed for an exemption

> > that bypasses state

> > > lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure of

> > Illinois citizens

> > who

> > > receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th

> > meeting of

> > pediatricians

> > > held two months before Governor Blagojevich signed

> > the bill

> > indicated

> > > that state health agencies had already planned to

> > file an exemption.

> > >

> > > State Representative Kurt Granberg (D-Centralia)

> > was the bill's

> > primary

> > > sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was signed

> > into law in on

> > August

> > > 29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury

> > content in all

> > vaccines to

> > > 1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006. Commencing

> > January 1, 2008

> > all

> > > vaccines administered in Illinois will be required

> > to be totally

> > > mercury-free. The vaccine preservative thimerosal

> > is comprised of

> > > 49.6% mercury by weight and is a known neurotoxin.

> > >

> > > The bill was introduced over concerns of the

> > association between

> > > thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that have

> > risen in

> > prevalence

> > > from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In May

> > 2003 a

> > congressional

> > > investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan Burton

> > (R-Indiana)

> > concluded

> > > that mercury was the likely cause of the meteoric

> > rise in

> > > neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous research

> > studies have since

> > > confirmed the relationship and there are

> > widespread reports of

> > > successful treatment of autism by measures

> > directed at removing

> > > retained mercury from victims and repairing its

> > metabolic damage.

> > > Furthermore, autism rates in some states have

> > started dropping

> > after

> > > mercury was removed from several routine vaccines

> > after 1999.

> > >

> > > The Illinois bill would most notably impact

> > infants and pregnant

> > women

> > > getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine. Adults

> > receiving the flu

> > shot

> > > today are exposed to 25 micrograms of mercury or

> > 3.5 times greater

> > than

> > > what the EPA considers safe. Flu shots for infants

> > will surpass the

> > EPA

> > > limits by 11-16 times and when an expectant mother

> > is immunized the

> > > second trimester fetus will be overdosed by a

> > factor of 250.

> > >

> > > According to Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Sandy

> > Kaufman, many of the

> > 6

> > > million pediatric, mercury-free flu vaccines are

> > still available

> > and

> > > last years unused excess was discarded. However,

> > the adult

> > presentation

> > > of the flu vaccine is now completely sold-out.

> > >

> > > Sold-out is exactly how some legislators and

> > advocates in Illinois

> > > feel when the exemption was announced

> > >

> > > The exemption signed January 1st, 2006 by IDPH

> > Director

> > Whitaker,

> > > ignored the fact that safer, mercury-free flu

> > vaccines for children

> > are

> > > currently available.

> > >

> > > " I am disappointed that we've flipped the safety

> > valve of the

> > exemption

> > > in the first yearâ€, said Senator Don Harmon

> > (D-Oak Park), one

> > senator

> > > who took a particularly active role in the bill's

> > advance. “There

> > was

> > > clearly a breakdown in communication between IDPH

> > and the medical

> > > community and the pharmaceutical companies, and

> > we'll have to

> > determine

> > > whether that breakdown can be remedied

> > legislatively. "

> > >

> > > Parent sentiments were similar. “It concerns me

> > that they have

> > wasted

> > > precious time trying to find ways to avoid

> > complying with the law,

> > > rather than securing a safe vaccine supply for our

> > children " ,

> > stated

> > > Blakely of Oak Park Illinois, mother to

> > an autistic 6-

> > year

> > > old boy.

> > >

> > > The bill had easily passed in the Senate (56-0)

> > and

> === message truncated ===

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Jin,

Not in St. , Il. he claimed it was too

expensive to operate and shut both completely down.

Lost hundred of jobs in our town too, many highly

skilled proffessionals.

kev

--- jinyang061629 <yanglou@...> wrote:

> ,

> Illinois replican governers record on public health

> is nothing to

> glee about. I have been in this state for 18 yesr.

> There was 3

> governers I know preceeds the new gaoverner. All of

> them replican.

> They preside over very prospers 80th, and 90th. Yet,

> Ilinois ranked

> near the bottom of many services.

>

> From what I learn, the new governer has been trying

> very hard to not

> to cut funding from education, and public health. I

> doubt that any

> or the previous Republican Governer can do better.

>

> Jin

>

>

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM

> Central

> > > Standard Time,

> > > > yanglou@c... writes:

> > > > FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor

> was

> > > closing

> > > children's

> > > > homes somes serve autistic children to save

> his

> > > buget. It was heart

> > > > beaking for parents and children they served.

> > > > Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is

> > > still ranked near

> > > the bottom

> > > > of providing services for children with autism

> and

> > > DD. It is ranked

> > > near the

> > > > top in spending on adults however...good thing

> > > right?

> > > UNfortunately that

> > > > ranking is earned by 80% of the money being

> spent

> > > on

> > > institutionalization. The point

> > > > is that all of these things go way beyond the

> > > presidents or the

> > > > governors...it is why we all need to

> concentrate

> > > on making our

> > > legislators aware of Autism

> > > > and its accompanying issues.

> > > >

> > > > And as for Illinois mercury read this...

> > > >

> > > > Date: January 5, 2006

> > > > contact: Ayoub, MD

> > > > News release

> > > > Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

> > > > (217) 691-3298

> > > >

> > > > Pediatricians and public health officials

> planned

> > > to file exemption

> > > > months before activation of law banning

> mercury

> > > from vaccines for

> > > > infants and pregnant women.

> > > >

> > > > Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of

> > > Public Health (IDPH)

> > > > officials this week have filed for an

> exemption

> > > that bypasses state

> > > > lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure

> of

> > > Illinois citizens

> > > who

> > > > receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th

> > > meeting of

> > > pediatricians

> > > > held two months before Governor Blagojevich

> signed

> > > the bill

> > > indicated

> > > > that state health agencies had already planned

> to

> > > file an exemption.

> > > >

> > > > State Representative Kurt Granberg

> (D-Centralia)

> > > was the bill's

> > > primary

> > > > sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was

> signed

> > > into law in on

> > > August

> > > > 29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury

> > > content in all

> > > vaccines to

> > > > 1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006.

> Commencing

> > > January 1, 2008

> > > all

> > > > vaccines administered in Illinois will be

> required

> > > to be totally

> > > > mercury-free. The vaccine preservative

> thimerosal

> > > is comprised of

> > > > 49.6% mercury by weight and is a known

> neurotoxin.

> > > >

> > > > The bill was introduced over concerns of the

> > > association between

> > > > thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that

> have

> > > risen in

> > > prevalence

> > > > from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In

> May

> > > 2003 a

> > > congressional

> > > > investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan

> Burton

> > > (R-Indiana)

> > > concluded

> > > > that mercury was the likely cause of the

> meteoric

> > > rise in

> > > > neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous

> research

> > > studies have since

> > > > confirmed the relationship and there are

> > > widespread reports of

> > > > successful treatment of autism by measures

> > > directed at removing

> > > > retained mercury from victims and repairing

> its

> > > metabolic damage.

> > > > Furthermore, autism rates in some states have

> > > started dropping

> > > after

> > > > mercury was removed from several routine

> vaccines

> > > after 1999.

> > > >

> > > > The Illinois bill would most notably impact

> > > infants and pregnant

> > > women

> > > > getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine.

> Adults

>

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,

You never can figure out what is in those politican's find. That is

why we need to keep eye on them no matter who they are.

Jin

> > > > >

> > > > > In a message dated 1/7/2006 10:11:05 PM

> > Central

> > > > Standard Time,

> > > > > yanglou@c... writes:

> > > > > FYI the previous Illinois Republican governor

> > was

> > > > closing

> > > > children's

> > > > > homes somes serve autistic children to save

> > his

> > > > buget. It was heart

> > > > > beaking for parents and children they served.

> > > > > Illinois (even with 3 years of Blagoyevich) is

> > > > still ranked near

> > > > the bottom

> > > > > of providing services for children with autism

> > and

> > > > DD. It is ranked

> > > > near the

> > > > > top in spending on adults however...good thing

> > > > right?

> > > > UNfortunately that

> > > > > ranking is earned by 80% of the money being

> > spent

> > > > on

> > > > institutionalization. The point

> > > > > is that all of these things go way beyond the

> > > > presidents or the

> > > > > governors...it is why we all need to

> > concentrate

> > > > on making our

> > > > legislators aware of Autism

> > > > > and its accompanying issues.

> > > > >

> > > > > And as for Illinois mercury read this...

> > > > >

> > > > > Date: January 5, 2006

> > > > > contact: Ayoub, MD

> > > > > News release

> > > > > Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety

> > > > > (217) 691-3298

> > > > >

> > > > > Pediatricians and public health officials

> > planned

> > > > to file exemption

> > > > > months before activation of law banning

> > mercury

> > > > from vaccines for

> > > > > infants and pregnant women.

> > > > >

> > > > > Flu vaccine “Sell-Out†in Illinois

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Springfield, Illinois--Illinois Department of

> > > > Public Health (IDPH)

> > > > > officials this week have filed for an

> > exemption

> > > > that bypasses state

> > > > > lawmakers attempt to reduce mercury exposure

> > of

> > > > Illinois citizens

> > > > who

> > > > > receive flu shots. Minutes from a June 29th

> > > > meeting of

> > > > pediatricians

> > > > > held two months before Governor Blagojevich

> > signed

> > > > the bill

> > > > indicated

> > > > > that state health agencies had already planned

> > to

> > > > file an exemption.

> > > > >

> > > > > State Representative Kurt Granberg

> > (D-Centralia)

> > > > was the bill's

> > > > primary

> > > > > sponsor. The Mercury-free Vaccine Act was

> > signed

> > > > into law in on

> > > > August

> > > > > 29th, reducing the maximum allowable mercury

> > > > content in all

> > > > vaccines to

> > > > > 1.25 micrograms after January 1, 2006.

> > Commencing

> > > > January 1, 2008

> > > > all

> > > > > vaccines administered in Illinois will be

> > required

> > > > to be totally

> > > > > mercury-free. The vaccine preservative

> > thimerosal

> > > > is comprised of

> > > > > 49.6% mercury by weight and is a known

> > neurotoxin.

> > > > >

> > > > > The bill was introduced over concerns of the

> > > > association between

> > > > > thimerosal and autism spectrum disorders that

> > have

> > > > risen in

> > > > prevalence

> > > > > from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 166 today. In

> > May

> > > > 2003 a

> > > > congressional

> > > > > investigation led by U.S. Congressman Dan

> > Burton

> > > > (R-Indiana)

> > > > concluded

> > > > > that mercury was the likely cause of the

> > meteoric

> > > > rise in

> > > > > neurodevelopmental disorders. Numerous

> > research

> > > > studies have since

> > > > > confirmed the relationship and there are

> > > > widespread reports of

> > > > > successful treatment of autism by measures

> > > > directed at removing

> > > > > retained mercury from victims and repairing

> > its

> > > > metabolic damage.

> > > > > Furthermore, autism rates in some states have

> > > > started dropping

> > > > after

> > > > > mercury was removed from several routine

> > vaccines

> > > > after 1999.

> > > > >

> > > > > The Illinois bill would most notably impact

> > > > infants and pregnant

> > > > women

> > > > > getting a mercury-containing flu vaccine.

> > Adults

> >

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