Mercury in Jabs 'May Contribute to Autism'

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Mercury in Jabs 'May Contribute to Autism'

 

 

Mercury in some vaccines given to babies may be a contributory cause of autism

and heart disease, new research claims.

 

The study by researchers in the United States found children who received

vaccines containing a preservative called thimerosal, whish is almost 50 per

cent mercury, were more than twice as likely to develop autism than children who

did not.

 

Mercury, which is known to be neurotoxic, is being phased out of vaccines in

America and Europe after scientists in the United States found the amount in

vaccines exceeded federal safety limits.

 

The new study supports unpublished research carried out by the American Centres

for Disease Control (CDC) in 2000. This showed an increased relative risk of

autism of 2.48 for children who have received 75 micrograms of mercury, the

amount in the British schedule.

 

The incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders and heart disease following the

administration of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertusis (DTP) vaccines containing

mercury compared with non mercury vaccines was based on nationwide data in the

United States.

 

The researchers claim they have produced 'the first epidemiological evidence

showing a direct association between thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines

and neurodevelopmental disorders'.

 

The preservative, which is called thiomersal in Britain, is used in some

vaccines to prevent bacterial infection. Mercury is not present in the triple

measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).

 

In the United States there has been an increase in the number of vaccines

containing mercury given to children since the 1980s. There has also been a

dramatic increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism and other

neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit disorder.

 

Several researchers have claimed the rise in autism is linked to

mercury-containing vaccines.

 

The researchers suggest only a small proportion of susceptible children are at

risk and that a combination of factors may be involved including a possible

genetic predisposition. They also support the controversial theory that the

triple MMR jab may be the final trigger for autism.

 

The mercury hypothesis is that a small sub-set of children have difficulty

excreting mercury from the body.

 

An accumulation of mercury can in itself cause brain damage and also lower the

immune system so that the body cannot cope with the live viruses in the MMR.

 

The new research by Dr Mark Geier, a physician with a PhD in genetics, and David

Geier, a graduate student at the National Institutes of Health, who are both

consultants in genetics based in Bethesada, Maryland, has been published in the

Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

 

In Britain, where there has also been a large increase in the number of children

diagnosed with autism, the only mercury-containing vaccine given routinely to

all children is the DTP vaccine. Some susceptible babies also receive flu jabs

and a Heptatitis B vaccine that also contain mercury.

 

In Britain in 1990, the age at which the DTP is given was lowered from 3, 6 and

9 months to 2, 3 and 4 months and Dr Geier believes this could be significant as

a smaller baby's immune system and brain are still developing and less able to

cope with the toxic effects of mercury.

 

He said: " It is my opinion that our findings are definitely applicable in the

UK. "

 

Britain still uses the mercury-containing DTP because the Department of Health

says it is more effective. Vaccine manufacturers are developing a new DTP and

flu jabs without mercury.

 

The UK Committee on the Safety of Medicines said recent studies " showed no

evidence of adverse developmental effects caused by thiomersal in vaccines

according to the routine UK immunisation schedule. The balance of benefits and

risks of thiomersal-containing vaccines therefore remains over-whelmingly

positive. "

The UK Daily Telegraph, Monday 7th April 2003

 

CTM COMMENT: As usual, another generally toothless account of the vaccination

industry, struggling to contain the bad news that mercury is poisonous to the

system. The suggestion that, " a small sub-set of children have difficulty

excreting mercury from the body, " is just another example of our generally

spineless media trying to 'balance' the article. Mercury is dangerous,

full-stop. Mercury squirted directly into the bloodstream of a three-month old,

is dangerous, full-stop. Get some teeth, you national health journalists, and

begin to restore some pride in the process.

 

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