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Subject: Part 2 Full Text eHealthy News You Can Use June 13, 2001 -

Issue 228

Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:55:57 -0700

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Part 2 The Optimal Wellness Center's 'eHealthy News You Can Use'

June 13, 2001 - Issue 228 Autism 'Linked to Mercury Vaccine'

By Rosie Waterhouse (UK Times)

Mercury in vaccines for babies and infants could be the cause

of a steep rise in cases of autism in children around the world,

according to a growing number of scientists.

The increase in reports of autism in Britain, America and some

other countries coincides with a growth in the number of

inoculations given to young children, say the researchers.

Many of the vaccines contain a preservative called thiomersal,

which is 49.6% mercury - a substance known to have

neurotoxic effects, especially in infants whose brains are still

developing.

Symptoms are similar to those displayed by autistic children.

Autism is a spectrum of disorders that range in severity from bizarre,

violent behavior to an inability to communicate or interact

socially, along with repetitive patterns of behavior.

Estimates of the prevalence of the syndrome in Britain range

from 10 cases per 10,000 of the population with " classic "

autism, to 9.1 cases per 1,000 showing some signs of autistic behavior.

The National Autistic Society estimates that there are about

500,000 people with autism in Britain, 120,000 of them children.

According to one recent study, there has been a tenfold increase

among children between 1984 and 1994.

The new possible explanation of the rise has emerged after a

two-month review of all the available information by The Sunday

Times. Several groups of academics and researchers in America

and Sweden are investigating similar theories that a combination

of factors is to blame.

They include a genetic predisposition, the cumulative effects of

mercury in vaccines lowering the immune system, with the

controversial measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) triple vaccine

being a possible trigger.

The US Institute of Medicine is so concerned that officials

have organized a two-day meeting in July to discuss the " hypothesis "

that thiomersal and mercury in vaccines are linked to autism.

Boyd Haley, chemistry professor at the University of Kentucky,

has been asked to submit a paper. " Thiomersal is extremely toxic.

The preliminary data is convincing and does indicate that

vaccines are the most likely suspect for causing autism, " he said.

In general, the researchers argue, the cumulative

effects of mercury impair brain development and damage

the child's immune system and gastrointestinal tract,

resulting in hypersensitivity to toxic environmental

substances.

This build-up could lead to autism or a form of mercury

poisoning - whose symptoms are similar. In addition, researchers

believe, the MMR triple vaccine, usually given

at 18 months to two years,

could trigger autism because the damaged immune system

cannot cope with three live viruses at once.

Only some children exposed to mercury will develop symptoms.

Researchers believe this indicates that there may be a genetic

predisposition. This theory was reinforced by a study published

this month that showed that in 99% of autistic children a family of

proteins essential for disposing of mercury and other heavy metals is

missing or " disabled " .

The proteins, called metallothionein (MT), are the main way

in which the body counters heavy metal. The study, by the

Chicago-based Pfeiffer Center, a health research institute,

found that of 503 autistic patients 499 showed an MT " dysfunction " .

The number of vaccinations given to babies and children

in Britain and America has increased significantly.

In the United States the number given before the age of two

has risen from 8 in 1980 to 22 now.

In Britain in 1970, most children received diphtheria, tetanus,

polio, whooping cough and BCG for tuberculosis; about half were

also immunized against measles. In 1972 rubella was added;

MMR in 1988, Hib (Haemophilus Influenza type , against a form of

meningitis in 1992, MMR as a second dose in 1996, and meningitis C in

1999.

The MMR first dose is given between 12 and 15 months, with diphtheria

and tetanus and the second dose of MMR at three to five years.

MMR does not contain thiomersal, though other child vaccines do.

Thiomersal was introduced in the 1930s as a preservative and

went into common use without review by America's Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) because it was assumed to be safe.

In America, researchers found some infants who are being

vaccinated using multidose vials with thiomersal can receive 62.5

micrograms of mercury per visit.

This is 100 times more than the intake considered safe for the

average six-month-old by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

In June 1999 the FDA discovered that: " Infants who receive

thiomersal-containing vaccine at several visits may have been exposed

to more mercury than recommended by Federal guidelines. "

The following month the European Agency for the Evaluation of

Medicinal Products (EMEA) issued a statement saying:

" Cumulative exposure to ethylmercury [found in thiomersal] . . . could

lead to a potential cause for concern. "

In May last year, a scientist from the US Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC) gave a presentation, based on a study of the

Vaccine Safety Datalink Project - a database of 400,000 children -

with evidence of harm. Dr Verstraeten of the

CDC found the screening analysis suggests

" statistically significant associations " between certain neurologic

developmental disorders - such as attention deficit disorder, and

speech and language disorders - and exposure to mercury from

thiomersal-containing vaccines before the age of six months.

As a result, the EMEA issued another statement last June, saying:

" For vaccination in infants and toddlers, as a precautionary

measure it would be prudent to promote the general use

of vaccines without thiomersal. Moreover, the use of

thiomersal-free vaccines should be recommended for newborns. "

Neither of these EMEA statements received national newspaper

publicity in Britain, and at least 10 thiomersal-containing vaccines

for children are still in use as drug manufacturers are permitted to

finish stocks.

Jane Maroney El-Dahr, an immunologist at Tulane University

medical center in New Orleans, said: " It is important for me to

emphasize that the message is not to not vaccinate children,

but to make sure that vaccines are thiomersal-free. "

The health department said: " Thiomersal has played an

important role as a preservative in vaccines.

Because thiomersal contains mercury, both European and

American regulators have recently recommended that vaccine

manufacturers phase out its use wherever possible as a precaution.

They have not recommended the withdrawal of any vaccines.

The Sunday Times - London

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT: Dr@...

Imagine that, giving a newborn baby a substance that is

highly toxic to the central nervous system.

I have seen hundreds and hundreds of autistic children

and have reached the conclusion that many, certainly not all,

had the root cause of their illness the hepatitis B vaccine

they were given on their first day of breathing air.

The central nervous system of a newborn infant is particularly

susceptible to toxic influences. This is one of the

reasons why the hepatitis B vaccine is such a problem.

If it were given later in life, like many other countries do, it

would not be as much of a problem.

This is especially tragic as there is virtually no legitimate

indication to give this vaccine at birth. The only infants that

may benefit are those born to women infected with hepatitis B.

Related Articles:

http://www.mercola.com/1999/sep/12/thimerosal.htm

CDC Issues Recommendations On Use Of

Thimerosal - Mercury- Free Hepatitis B Vaccine

http://www.mercola.com/2001/feb/24/autism_mercury.htm

Autism and Mercury

http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/7/vaccine_ingredients.htm

Vaccine Fillers and Ingredients

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Boyd E. Haley Professor and Chair behaley@...

Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky

http://www.uky.edu/

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