RE: Mercury/ Mind Institute

[Guest guest]

What Rick fails to mention is that thimersol has been used in vaccines as a

preservative since the 1920's. So, according to his statement about even

tiny traces can cause life altering neurological disorders, why weren't

these more prevalent during the 50's 60,s and 70's when childhood

vaccination programs were stepped up - why did it wait till the 80's and

90's if mercury were the culprit. Oh because there were more vaccines - one

might say.then take the mercury away then one would expect the incidence to

decline - this is not happening - worldwide.

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of

and Daron Freedberg

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:38 PM

Subject: Mercury/ Mind Institute

Read this on another list, thought you'd all be interested.

Statement by Rick Rollens, parent of a 17 year old son with autism,

co-founder U. C. M.I.N.D. Institute and member California

Legislative Blue

Ribbon Commission on Autism.

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916-412-2797

Although this study by California's vaccine establishment clearly sustains

the fact that California is in the midst of a growing autism epidemic and

that California's system of reporting professionally diagnosed cases of full

syndrome autism is the gold standard in the country, the conclusions in the

study are flawed and premature, and does nothing to exonerate vaccines,

particularly mercury containing vaccines, as a cause of California's

autism epidemic.

Although the mercury burden in vaccines has been reduced over the years, we

know that even very small amounts of mercury can cause serious, life

altering

neurological damage. California's ban on mercury containing vaccines for

pregnant women and children under three did not take effect until December

2006.

Today, those children born after the ban took effect are between 4 months

old and one year of age. California's developmental services reporting

system

DOES NOT include children under the age of three years old.

It will not be clear what impact California's law banning mercury in

vaccines has had on the rate of new cases of autism until at least

2009-2010 and

later. Historically, the majority of children with autism enter California's

developmental services system between the ages of 3+ and 9 years old.

If by 2009-2010 there has not been ANY change in the rate of increase of new

cases of autism entering California's developmental services system, then we

can scratch mercury in vaccines off our list of agents contained in vaccines

as a cause, and; then begin concentrating on the numerous other poisons and

toxic agents in vaccines such as aluminum, formaldehyde, MSG, live viruses,

etc., and most importantly, the interaction of these and other toxic agents

contained in the 34 doses of vaccines children receive from birth to two

years

old today.