Scandal Exposed in Denmark Study of Autism and Mercury - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

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SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 25, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) exposes communications

between Centers for Disease Control (CDC) personnel and vaccine

researchers revealing U.S. officials apparently colluded in covering-up

the decline in Denmark's autism rates following the removal of mercury

from vaccines.

Documents

<http://www.banmercury.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/schendel.jpg>

obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show that CDC

officials were aware of Danish data indicating a connection between

removing Thimerosal (49.55% mercury) and a decline in autism rates.

Despite this knowledge, these officials allowed a 2003 article

<http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/112/3/604> to be

published in /Pediatrics /that excluded this information, misrepresented

the decline as an increase, and led to the mistaken conclusion that

Thimerosal in vaccines does not cause autism.

In Denmark, Thimerosal, a controversial mercury compound used as a

preservative in certain vaccines, was....