Landmark Study Finds: Mercury Poisoning Causes Autism

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Landmark Study Finds: Mercury Poisoning Causes Autism

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For Immediate Release CoMeD President [Rev. K. Sykes

(Richmond, VA) 804-364-8426]

October 10, 2008 CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr. King (Lake

Hiawatha, NJ) 973-263-4843]

WASHINGTON, DC - New study, " Biomarkers of Environmental Toxicity and

Susceptibility in Autism " in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Neurological

Sciences[1] [attached to this email saved as Biomarkers of Environmental

Toxicity & Susceptibilty in Autism In Press1.pdf in Adobe Acrobat Format],

confirms a causal link between subacute mercury poisoning in children and

their autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. The autism community

reported that this study presents, " .some compelling evidence.consistent

with the author's theory that mercury exposure plays a role in autism. " [2]

This paper[3] presents the first prospective, blinded cohort study to

examine children diagnosed with an ASD using: urinary porphyrin profile

analysis (UPPA) to assess the body-burden and physiological effects of their

mercury, glutathione analysis to assess susceptibility to m ercury

poisoning, and Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) scores to measure ASD

severity.

These evaluations[4] established:

· Non-chelated patients diagnosed with an ASD had UPPA profiles

indicative of mercury poisoning that strongly correlated with ASD severity,

measured using CARS scores.

· Glutathione (a key biochemical in the body's mercury detoxification

pathway) was significantly lower in patients diagnosed with an ASD in

comparison with its level in neurotypical controls.

· Increasing mercury-poisoning severity, as indicated by the UPPA

results, was associated with lower glutathione levels among the patients

diagnosed with an ASD.

Based upon these findings, the researchers concluded, " ASDs may result from

a combination of genetic/ biochemical susceptibilities in the form of a

reduced ability to excrete mercury and/or increased environ­mental exposures

at key developmental times. "

The Autism Research Institute, the non-profit CoMeD, Inc., and, through a

grant from the Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education (BHARE)

Foundation, the non-profit Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc. funded this

research study.

Today, any parent, physician, or healthcare provider can easily confirm

whether or not a non-chelated child diagnosed with an ASD is mercury

poisoned by having UPPA testing run at LabCorp (CLIA-certified, test#

120980) or Laboratoire Philippe Auguste (ISO-certified, 119 Philippe Auguste

Avenue, Paris, France 75011). Please, visit CoMeD's web site,

http://www.Mercury-freeDrugs.org for information on how to order UPPA tests

and full copies of some of the many published papers validating the UPPA

test.

Your generous tax-free donations will help us to fund additional research,

similar to the present study, to examine mercury's links to autism and other

illnesses, define the causal roles of mercury in the linked childhood and

adult illnesses, and find appropriate curative therapies.

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[1] Geier DA, Kern JK, Garver CR, JB, Audhya T, Nataf R, Geier MR.

Biomarkers o f environmental toxicity and susceptibility in autism. J Neurol

Sci. 2008 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print].

[2]

http://www.autismvox.com/new-study-on-heavy-metal-toxicity-and-detoxification-by\

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[3] This new study involved a multi-national collaboration between

researchers, including: A. Geier, Janet K. Kern, PhD, RN, Carolyn

Gavery, PhD, B. , PhD, Tapan Audhya, PhD, Nataf, MD, and

Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD, FABMG, FACE. These researchers have extensive

research backgrounds in medicine, biochemistry and neuroscience, and include

professors from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

(Dallas) and Arizona State Un iversity (Tempe).

[4] Laboratoire Philippe Auguste and Vitamin Diagnostics performed

biochemical testing; Dr. Kern conducted the CARS scoring.