SchaferAutismReport: Government's Defense of Mercury in Vaccines Shaken by Withdrawal of Expert Reports

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Supported Vol. 12 No. 102p In This Issue: • PUBLIC HEALTHGovernment’s Defense of Mercury in Vaccines Shaken by Withdrawal of Expert Reports • • RESEARCHA Prospective Study of Transsulfuration Biomarkers in Autistic DisordersParents Share

Similar Metabolic Imbalances with their ASD Children • EDUCATIONState's Schools Lack Cohesive Plan For Autism • • • • • • PEOPLEClass 'Fired' Autistic Boy Inspires Statewide Investigation$1.5 Million Donation To Center To Help Children With AutismTREATMENTExtinguishing the Fear at the Roots of Anxiety FINANCEInsurance To Cover Autism Treatment in IllinoisAutism Speaks Out of Turn in Pennsylvania, Gets Spanked By PolCOMMENTARYOn Gene Findings Hint at Common Mechanism in Autism Send your LETTER DEADLINEJuly 24 For AugustAutism Events CalendarSubmit listing here free! the Autism Calendartm hereHundreds of Local Autism EventsPUBLIC HEALTHGovernment’s Defense of Mercury in Vaccines Shaken by Withdrawal of Expert Reports From a CoMeD announcement. www.mercury-freedrugs.org In the United States Court of Federal Claims, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the contention by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), that mercury in vaccines does not cause autism, has suffered an unexpected setback. In a June 27, 2008 Autism Omnibus Proceeding (OAP) conference, attorneys for the DHHS

announced that they were withdrawing two key written reports and any statements which relied on those reports. Those key reports, written by two world-renowned toxicologists (Dr. Laszlo Magos, formerly from the Medical Research Council Laboratories, England, and Dr. son, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY USA), were the toxicological pillars underpinning the government’s claim that Thimerosal does not cause autism. On July 3, 2008, the three OAP Special Masters recorded that they had granted the DHHS’ request to withdraw the expert reports of Drs. Magos and son. In addition, their court order stated: “… respondent would be permitted to withdraw any reliance on those two expert reports, and that we would not consider those reports at all in resolving those test cases." Ironically, though Drs. Magos and son were expected to testify to the safety of Thimerosal in

vaccines, their previous publications clearly document its significant toxicity. For example, Dr. son, working under a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), essentially declared that organic mercurial antiseptics, including Thimerosal, should be heavily restricted or withdrawn, “as the fact that mercury readily penetrates intact membranes and is highly toxic seems to have been forgotten” in a peer-reviewed study published in 1977. With the recent publication of studies proving a link between Thimerosal exposure and autism, the current exodus of experts who are willing to testify for the DHHS that Thimerosal does not cause autism appears to be escalating. Tellingly, Dr. Bernadine Healy, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, also recently said: “I think the government or certain public health officials in the government have been too quick to dismiss the concerns of

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