cbs: Vaccines and autism: a new scientific review

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*/Vaccines and autism: a new scientific review/*

Posted by Sharyl Attkisson

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20049118-10391695.html

For all those who've declared the autism-vaccine debate over - a new

scientific review begs to differ. It considers a host of peer-reviewed,

published theories that show possible connections between vaccines and

autism.

The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled " Theoretical

aspects of autism: Causes--A review. " [available here

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299355>] The author is Helen

Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a

pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has

bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism

was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research

such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal;

but all of them.

Ratajczak's article states, in part, that " Documented causes of autism

include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and

encephalitis [brain damage] following vaccination [emphasis added].

Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation

of the brain. "

The article goes on to discuss many potential vaccine-related culprits,

including the increasing number of vaccines given in a short period of

time....