Guest guest Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 > > Iatrogenic Death and Disease > via Acute and Chronic > Mercury Poisoning > > A Crisis in Medical & Dental Science > > Introduction > > > The number of people in the United States > who die iatrogenic deaths is estimated by Dr. > Barbara Starfield[ii] to be approximately 225,000 to > 284,000 a year, which included 106,000 deaths from > properly prescribed medicine. These are considered > avoidable deaths occurring at the hands of doctors > in hospitals. Gary Null Ph.D. and his medical > colleagues[iii] estimate the iatrogenic death > figures much higher - 786,000 by including > outpatient deaths estimated at 199,000 (noted but > not included by Starfield), and other categories of > iatrogenic deaths like malnutrition perpetuated in > hospitals, bedsores and infections - 108,000, > 115,000, and 88,000 respectively. The high end of > these numbers represents 6 jumbo jets falling out of > the sky each and every day and that is just for the > population in America. > > In children there are many unexplained > deaths that are classified as either Sudden Infant > Death Syndrome (SIDS) or Shaken Baby Syndrome, where > the last thing medical officials concede is the > possibility that mercury and other toxins in > vaccines are the cause. Thus there are other deaths > that can be laid at the feet of the medical > profession that are not counted in the above > statistics. This is most controversial for we have > many areas where deaths are not considered > iatrogenic when they actually are. Notably, the high > toxicity of chemotherapy and anti viral medication > cause many deaths that are not counted since death > is always attributed to the disease not to the > highly dangerous treatment protocols. > > > A great factor to consider also in > counting iatrogenic deaths is the fact that many > iatrogenic death and disease go unreported. The FDA > and the American College of Physicians and Surgeons > believe the majority of adverse drug or surgical > events never get reported because doctors are afraid > they will get sued if they report an error. > According to Dr. David Kessler, former head of the > Food and Drug Administration, " Only about 1 percent > of serious events [adverse drug reactions] are > reported to the FDA. " [iv] The general rule of thumb > presently used though is between 10%[v] to 20% > percent of serious events getting reported. Thus the > above numbers represent conservative figures, not > figments of imagination. On a world wide level it is > anyone's guess what the actual numbers are. It might > be fair to just multiply by about twenty (scaling > for populations percentages) yielding about 15 > million deaths or 120 jumbo jets falling per day > instead of six. The international numbers though > could be a magnitude order higher due to special > factors and considerations.[vi] > > > The production of disease by the prescriptions > of physicians > is what is usually meant by iatrogenic > disease. > > > Iatrogenic disease is more difficult to > count but the specific case of mercury poisoning > gives us a window onto the hidden dimensions of what > is a medical nightmare in progress. Despite the > growing evidence to a causal link between mercury > and neurological disorders, such as autism, > attention deficit disorder, language delay, and > learning difficulties, which are being reported on a > world wide basis to be rising > dramatically,[vii],[viii],[ix] the Institute of > Medicine (IOM)[x] and the CDC,[xi] and a long string > of other medical organizations[xii] are certifying > mercury, one of the most toxic chemicals known to > man, as being safe for use in vaccines. And they > continue to do that even as they alert the public to > a pandemic that has one child in 166 being diagnosed > with autism spectrum disorders and as many as one in > six children diagnosed with a developmental disorder > and or with behavior problems.[xiii] This means that > out of the 4 million born each year in the United > States approximately 24,000 will be devastated with > autism whose cause is being increasing blamed on > mercury poisoning. And perhaps as many as 600,000 > children with mild to severe learning disorders, > which in part or in whole caused by the neurological > destruction of brain cells that mercury is proven to > precipitate. According to Dr. Mark Geier, who has > studied the CDC's own data, " Kids who received 100 > micrograms of thimerosal were over ten times more > likely to have autism than the kids who received no > mercury containing vaccines " . Dr. Geier and his son > David Geier calculated the overall neurodevelopment > damage that can be sourced to mercury toxicity to be > approximately 2,402,505 cases.[xiv] The reports from > China reflect a worse situation with 1.8 million > children with autism across the country. Dr. Bai > Xueguang, a professor of neurology with the People's > Hospital of Hubei Province, who is also > vice-chairman of the Association of Rehabilitation > for Children with Autism of Wuhan City, estimated > the number of children with autism was growing at an > annual rate of 20 percent in the country, even > higher than the world average of 14 percent. > > A careful reading of the published medical > research clearly demonstrates that all sensible > concern for published scientific research regarding > the toxicity of mercury has been cast aside exposing > the entire world's population to grave unwarranted > harm.[xv] Mercury is a cumulative poison, and used > with other toxic substances in medicine, like > aluminum, antibiotics, and formaldehyde, create > lethal and semi-lethal cocktails that damage human > life. As each year passes scientists in laboratories > around the world are showing that mercury poisoning > is creating a wide swath of iatrogenic disease. > > Tragedies are evident in many areas, > including the harm caused by food additives, > preservatives, pesticides, water fluoridation, > cancer and AIDS treatments, anti-depressive > medications and other drugs having only marginal, if > any, benefit. Many scientists and doctors have > analyzed the dangers embedded in the health care > system in general and concur that the current health > care system is broken. Some eminent physicians high > in the medical establishment like Dr. Donald > Berwick, a Harvard trained physician who is a > professor at both Harvard Medical School and the > Harvard School of Public Health, conclude that > nothing short of a medical revolution, that focuses > on eliminating the danger, waste, confusion, and > arrogance of modern medicine will do.[xvi] > > Some people believe that every drug is a > poison and every dose of every drug produces > disease. When we look, for example, at the fact that > all forms of aspirin lead to approximately fifteen > thousand deaths a year, we can begin to see that > there is a basic truth spoken about drugs and the > disease they create. All drugs do have side effects > that create collateral damages to human organisms > that in the extreme lead to death and chronic > disease. This paper concerns drugs and dental > products of high toxicity, specifically vaccines > containing thimerosal and dental amalgams, both > which are approximately fifty percent mercury by > weight. > > > Western medicine has been particularly > blind to some very important aspects of healthy > living according to Gary Null Ph.D. and his medical > associates. " 1) Stress and how it adversely affects > the immune system and life process. 2) Insufficient > exercise; 3) excessive caloric intake; 4) highly > processed and denatured foods grown in denatured and > chemically-damaged soil; 5) exposure to tens of > thousands of environmental toxins. " [xvii] Medical > science and the medical establishment have a > difficult time dealing in a forthright way with both > iatrogenic death and disease and this is illustrated > clearly when they define the most toxic substances > as being safe no matter what evidence is put before > them. > > > It is the inability to see the effects of > chronic, > low level toxicities on human health that has > been, > and remains, our greatest failing as > intelligent beings. > > Dr. Boyd Haley > Chairman of Chemistry Dept. > > Kentucky University > > > > > Though mercury is not the only toxic > material medicine tolerates in its products we pick > on mercury for several principle reasons. First it > is one of the most toxic substances known to > mankind. Second it is commonly placed only inches > from the brain in most people's mouths, and thirdly, > because it is injected, via the childhood > immunization schedule, directly into the bodies of > babies starting from the first day of life. > > The American Iatrogenic Association is > devoted to the study and reporting of medical errors > that lead to disease and death. But they also > believe that approved medical practices have led to > many cases of iatrogenic disease and death. The > common use of mercury in medicine and dentistry > provides us with a prime example of an approved and > commonly used medical and dental practice that hurts > people in significant ways. Mercury, which has been > removed from most other medical products, is still > endorsed by the world's dental organizations and its > presence in thimerosal, a compound used in vaccines, > is endorsed by the World Health Organization. > > What follows, in laymen's language, is a > sweeping picture of a chemical nightmare that has > occurred because medical and dental authorities have > thrown to the wind the sound reasoning of unbiased > and reputable scientists, who deal with toxicology, > pathology, pharmacology and cell biology, thus > exposing uncountable millions of adults and children > around the world to serious injury, death, and > lifelong mental impairment.[xviii] > > > The first chapter exposes one of the > greatest mistakes made by modern medical science, > the practice of injecting thimerosal (mercury) into > the bodies of newborns and infant toddlers via the > childhood immunization schedule. The second chapter > deals with how doctors compound the problem with the > practice of injecting as many as nine vaccines into > a child during a single office visit. This > increases the amount of dangerous chemical compounds > simultaneously mixed together and the amount of > mercury a child will receive in one sitting. The > third chapter probes the dental profession use of > mercury based amalgam dental fillings and the > serious damage that comes from constantly leaking > amalgam that spill vaporous mercury into the oral > cavity.[xix] [xx] [xxi] [xxii] We will find dentists > contributing greatly to the mercury poisoning of the > human race through the use of materials, that when > removed from the mouth, are considered highly > dangerous toxic waste by the Environmental > Protection Agency and must be handled in a certain > way to protect dental office personnel from mercury > poisoning. Many dentists know of the dangers of > removal and recommend leaving the amalgams in, > believing it is healthier to maintain toxic waste > dumps in human mouths. > > > Mercury has been appropriately removed from > all other > medical products except these, for it is one > of the most > toxic and dangerous elements known to > mankind.[xxiii] > > > Dr Andrew Wakefield, the British > gastroenterologist whose research in 1998 raised the > first fears that the MMR combined jab could be > linked to children developing autism, says about the > thimerosal, " It should never have been there in the > first place. Despite how they try to sell it, there > is evidence that there is an association between > mercury in vaccines and childhood disorders. Mercury > was taken out of animal vaccinations 20 years ago > because it was too toxic. Why on earth have we still > been putting it in jabs for our children? " > > > If we choose to live with atrocious > medical behaviors, as is suggested by medical > authorities in the US and elsewhere around the > world, who see no problem using highly poisonous > materials, we can doubt the future direction of > civilization and certainly the protective paternal > nature of government and medical organizations. To > deliberately inject poisons into newborn babies for > reason (or no reason)[xxiv] [xxv] is not justifiable > under any circumstances. And to continue to use > toxic materials for fillings in teeth, when > alternatives are now available, is appalling. > > > Heavy metal exposure during early development > is associated > with impaired neurological and cognitive > function.[xxvi] [xxvii] > > > Dr. M. Waly > > Department of Pharmaceutical Science > Northeastern University > > > > > > Though all is quiet in regards to the > amalgam issue lawmakers in the United States are in > open rebellion against medical authorities at the > CDC, the pharmaceutical companies, and the World > Health Organization, which all still favor the use > of thimerosal (mercury) even though many researchers > are presenting its grave dangers. Presently Iowa, > Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas have all presented > legislation to ban thimerosal in childhood vaccines, > and in April of 2004, federal congressman Dr. Dave > Weldon and Congresswoman Carolyn Murphy from New > York introduced legislation to ban mercury from > vaccines at the federal level.[xxviii] Though there > is a firestorm sweeping the halls of science, board > rooms in pharmaceutical companies, a conflagration > that is reaching the steps of the congress in > Washington, with over four thousand cases of vaccine > poisoning pending, in the third world the issue is > not being discussed and as such children in most > countries are being injected with full strength > doses of mercury under the auspices of the World > Health Organization. > > > Any competent biochemist would look at the > structure of > thimerosal and identify it as a potent enzyme > inhibitor. > What is surprising is that the appropriate > animal and laboratory > testing was not done on the vaccines > containing thimerosal > (and aluminum) before the government embarked > on a mandated vaccine > program that exposed infants to the levels of > thimerosal that ccurred. > > > Dr. Boyd E. Haley > > > > > Mercury poisoning is the hidden disaster > of public health and goes undiagnosed simply because > of the stubborn intransigence of health officials > that seem to be only worried about mercury in fish. > From Alzheimer's disease, to a devastating lineup of > other neurological diseases including Parkinson's, > ALS, MS, autism and AD - mercury is known to be a > potent neurotoxicant that either is the prime cause > of such disorders or certainly is seen to exacerbate > these neurological diseases.[xxix] > > > > If there is " any doubt whatsoever " about the > safety of mercury > in vaccines then it should be removed. > > Professor John Oxford > > Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry > > Take a single case of intense mercury > poisoning in a child, a case where they have > suffered from intense stripping of tubulin from the > axon structure, or what is commonly known as > demyelinating disorders[xxx], and you are talking > about a child who will live in a state of perpetual > agony incomprehensible to most people. No one knows > today what percentage of demyelinating diseases is > directly caused by mercury poisoning from vaccines > but if we trust in basic chemistry and the efforts > of researchers around the world we can believe it to > be quite high. Thus the many diseases[xxxi] listed > by Andrew Cutler, who has a PhD in chemistry from > Princeton, that could be caused by mercury > poisoning, leads us to suspect a vast source of > iatrogenic disease that outpaces all other forms of > iatrogenic suffering and death. > > The catastrophe with mercury poisoning > has been a slowly escalating phenomenon that broke > through a certain barrier in the past decade and now > stands clear as a visible trend to basic scientists > who have become increasing alarmed, especially as > public health officials have stonewalled them. What > we have is a human disaster unequalled in the > history of the human race in progress and a medical > establishment pretending that nothing is happening. > > > What we have is the biggest iatrogenic > catastrophe that has ever happened. > > Dr. Mark Geier > > In regards to mercury in vaccines. > > > In reality medicine has come up with many > disease categories, diagnostic labels that simply > hide the truth. Autism is actually a deflection, a > way of denying the very simple truth that most of > these children have been poisoned by the use of > mercury in medicine and dental products, as well as > by a long list of toxins flooding the environment. > Yes there are complicating factors that need to be > discussed in depth, but as the latest information > from California shows, as mercury levels in vaccines > are being reduced there, new reports of autism are > declining.[xxxii] The largest and most unethical > medical experiment in history is still on though; > our children have been and continue to be the guinea > pigs of the western medical establishment. Beyond > all reason we find both medical and dental science > supporting the extensive use of mercury denying each > and every indication that they are doing great harm. > > > International Medical Veritas Association > http://www.imva.info > director > > -------- > > Mosbys Medical Dictionary 5th Ed. 1998 > states: IATROGENIC [Gk., iatros, physician, genein, > to produce], caused by treatment or diagnostic > procedures. An iatrogenic disorder is a condition > caused by medical personnel or procedures or through > exposure to the environment of a health care > facility, including fears instilled in patients by > remarks or questions of examining physicians. See > also: 'nosocomial', (iatrogenesis, iatrogeny, n.) > Within the orthodox medical community, the reference > to iatrogenic illness is most frequently focussed > upon iatrogeny due to errors of judgement, > administration, etc. by medical practitioners, > whilst carrying out their tasks: the focus being > errors that are made because tasks and judgements of > the individual practitioners, nurses etc. are > erroneous. IMVA sees a much expanded definition, > whereby the medical knowledge itself that is > presently held as correct and sacrosanct by the > medical orthodoxy is, nevertheless, not itself > immune to the charge of causing iatrogenic illness. > > [ii] Starfield, Barbara. Is US Health Really > the Best in the World? JAMA, July 26,2000-Vol 284, > No 4 > > [iii] Null Gary, Dean Carolyn, Feldman, > Martin, Rasio, Debora, Smith, Dorothy. Death by > Medicine. Nov 2003 - Nutrition Institute of America. > [iv]Remarks by David Kessler, M.D. Medwatch > Health Professionals Meeting May 4, 1993 " Yet even > though reports from health professionals are > critical to protecting the public health, the > unfortunate fact is that most practitioners do not > think to report adverse events or product problems > that might be associated with medications, devices > or other products regulated by the FDA. One survey > found that barely half of physicians were even aware > that FDA had a reporting program. And according to > one study, only one percent of serious events are > reported to the Agency. Meanwhile, up to 11 percent > of hospital admissions may be due to drug reactions, > one review article concluded. " > > [v] The FDA estimates that only about 10% of > adverse reactions are reported (Reported by KM > Severyn, R.Ph.D. in the Dayton Daily News, May 28, > 1993. Ohio Parents for Vaccine Safety, 251 Ridgeway > Dr., Dayton, OH 45459), a figure supported by two > NVIC investigations (NVIC, " Investigative Report on > the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System " ). > > [vi] Dr. Ali Al-Bayati, pathologist and > toxicologist, believes that much of the collapse we > are seeing in the immune systems of the African > people (AIDS) is actually being provoked by > malnutrition and starvation, not by the HIV virus. > Secondly these vast populations of malnourished > people are being subjected to repeated vaccination > campaigns, which their immune systems have no way of > supporting. Any physician worth their weight in salt > would tell you it is counter indicated to give shots > to a child who has a bad cold or flu for reactions > that hurt even a healthy child can devastate one > with a compromised immune system. Populations > weakened by hunger and malnutrition are much weaker > than people with colds or the flu so vaccinations > are completely counter indicated. The large number > of vaccines given to children is causing damage in > the U.S., but much less than in Africa, since they > have the combined affects of vaccines and > malnutrition. See Tale of Two Hammers - > > > http://www.congregator.net/medicalnews/sircus/mn040218.html > > > [vii] Yeargin-Allsopp M, Rice C, Karapurkar T, > Doernberg N, Boyle C, Murphy C. Prevalence of autism > in a US metropolitan area. JAMA 2003; 289: 49-55. > PubMed > > [viii] M.I.N.D Institute. Report to the > Legislature on the Principal Findings from the > Epidemiology of Autism in California: A > Comprehensive Pilot Study. UC Davis: Sacramento, CA, > 2002. > > [ix] Chakrabarti S, Fombonne E. Pervasive > developmental disorders in preschool children. JAMA > 2001; 285: 3093-3099. Article PubMed > > [x] Institute of Medicine - Immunization > Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism - May 17,2004 > http://www.iom.edu/report.asp? id=20155 > > [xi] Center of Disease Control - > http://www.cdc.gov > > [xii] The AMA, the AAP, WHO, UNICEF, the UM > and every other medical organization, except the > IMVA (International Medical Veritas Association) > accepts and publishes on their Internet sites the > final decision of the IOM and the CDC. > > [xiii] Autism Alarm. CDC & AAP alert. > > [xiv] Grier, D. Letter to Hillary Clinton. > March 22, 2003 > > [xv]The Centers for Disease Control and the > American Academy of Pediatrics have issued a > statement asserting, " the available scientific > evidence has not shown thimerosal-containing > vaccines to be harmful. " Their statement is false > and totally misleading. Following are some of the > scientific studies that demonstrate thimerosal, a > mercury-containing substance that is used as a > preservative, to be harmful and to be a highly > probably causal factor in autism. Note that these > studies are consistently ignored in the medical > establishment's publications claiming that there is > no evidence for vaccine-caused autism. > > 1 Bernard S, Enayati A, Redwood L, Roger H, > Binstock T. Autism: a novel form of mercury > poisoning. Med. Hypotheses. 2001 Apr;56(4):462-71. > PMID: 11339848 > > 2 Geier DA, Geier MR. An assessment of the > impact of thimerosal on childhood neurodevelopmental > disorders. Pediatr Rehabil. 2003 > Apr-Jun;6(2):97-102. PMID: 14534046 > > 3 Geier MR, Geier DA. Neurodevelopmental > disorders after thimerosal-containing vaccines: a > brief communication. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). > 2003Jun;228(6):660-4. PMID: 12773696 > > 4 Geier & Geier. Parents' worries about > thimerosal in vaccines are well founded! > http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/eletters/112/6/1394 > > 5 David Baskin, M.D. et al. Thimerosal induces > DNA breaks, caspase-3 activation, membrane damage, > and cell death in cultured human neurons and > fibroblasts. Toxicol Sci. 2003 Aug;74(2):361-8. Epub > 2003 May 28. PMID: 12773768 > > 6 Mady Hornig, M.D Etiologic factors and > pathogenesis of autism: evidence from clinical > studies and animal models. IOM presentation, Feb 9 > 2004 Audio only: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19108 > > 7 Richard C. Deth, Ph.D. Effects of Mercury on > Methionine Synthase: Implications for Disordered > Methylation in Autism DAN! 2003 Philadelphia > -http://216.117.159.91/powerpoint/dan2003/RichardDeth.htm > > 8 Richard C. Deth, Ph.D. A Link Between > Thimerosal and the Brain: Can Vaccines Affect > Central Nervous System Function? Molecular > Psychiatry 2004, Volume 9. > > 9 Vojdani A, Pangborn JB et al. Infections, > toxic chemicals and dietary peptides binding to > lymphocyte receptors and tissue enzymes are major > instigators of autoimmunity in autism. Int J > Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2003 Sep-Dec;16(3):189-99. > PMID: 14611720 > > 10 Jeff Bradstreet, M.D. A Case-control Study > of Mercury Burden in Children with Autistic > Disorders and Measles Virus Genomic RNA in > Cerebrospinal Fluid in Children with Regressive > Autism. IOM presentation, Feb 9, 2004 Slides: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=18578 - Audio: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19130 > > 11 Valsamakis A et al. Altered virulence of > vaccine strains of measles virus after prolonged > replication in human tissue. J Virol. 1999 73(10): > 8791-7. PMID 10482633 > http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/reprint/73/10/8791.pdf > > The CDC's original findings before the CDC > began to manipulate the data, obtained via the > Freedom of Information Act: High risk values for > thimerosal injections and a range of neurologic > problems, including ADHD, tics, language problems, > and autism. > http://factsformedia.com/factsformedia/thimerosalstudy.pdf > > Excerpts from CDC's in-house conference: > Thimerosal sequelae > > > http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/library/IOM%20Simpsonwood%20in%20bold.p\ df > > 12 Congressman, Dr. Weldon's letter to the CDC > director, available at: > > > http://momsonamissionforautism.org/Autism_Central/Dr_Weldon_Responds.shtml > > Institute of Medicine presentation of > Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D. - > http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/pdf/Weldon.pdf > > 13 Geier MR, Geier DA. Autism and > thimerosal-containing vaccines: analysis of the > Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). IOM > presentation, Feb 9, 2004. Slides: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=18392 -- Audio: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19120 > > 14 David Baskin, M.D. Relation of Neurotoxic > Effects of Thimerosal to Autism. IOM presentation, > Feb 9, 2004. Audio only: > http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19124 > > [xvi] Article in the Boston Globe about Dr. > Donald Berwick. > > [xvii] Null Gary, Dean Carolyn, Feldman, > Martin, Rasio, Debora, Smith, Dorothy. Death by > Medicine. Nov 2003 - Nutrition Institute of America. > > [xviii] All of the basic statistics found in > this report are from the United States, which holds > approximately 1/20th of the world's population. > There according to Dr. Mark Grier the overall > neurodevelopmental damage that can be sourced to > mercury toxicity runs into 2,402,505 cases, millions > with a devastating line up of other neurological > diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, > ALS, MS, autism and AD. We have thousands of > children found dead from vaccines in the federal > data bases in the United States, which report only a > fraction (10 percent according to officials at the > FDA), many kids dead from Sudden Death Syndrome > (many of which who should be counted as vaccine > provoked death) many babies dead from Shaken Baby > Syndrome (where parents are accused of killing their > kids instead of the vaccines and the mercury and > other chemicals contained therein) and officially, > according to studies published in reputable medical > journals between 250,00 and 786,000 iatrogenic > deaths, in the United States alone. Both reports > (Dr. Starfield in the New England Journal of > Medicine who reports 250,00 deaths agrees with Dr > Null et al, who reported 786,000 in a Journal of > Nutrition, both agree that 106,000 die each year > from properly d medicines.) On a world wide > level it is impossible to track the numbers and > whether they would be directly proportional, meaning > multiply all the numbers by 20, or greater or > lesser. Many complex factors must be taken into > consideration. For example in Africa, where > populations are starving and malnourished, they > administer vaccines in a totally contraindicated > fashion (to populations with severely weakened > immune systems) thus increasing the collateral > damages and deaths. > > [xix] Haley, Boyd. Dangers of Mercury Based > Amalgam Dental Fillings. Prestented to The Committee > on Governmental Reform: Dental Amalgam Hearing on 14 > November 2002 > http://hem.passagen.se/ethysell/dokument/Denmatu/bilaga1.html?k > > [xx] Kennedy Ron MD. Dental Amalgam Mercury > Poisoning > > http://www.medical > -library.net/sites/_dental_amalgam_mercury_poisoning.html > > [xxi] Haley Boyd. In response to an article on > the ADA web site by the AD. > > http://www.whale.to/m/haley.html > > [xxii] Independent Chemist, M.Sc., retired The > Real Scientific Truth of Amalgam, The Behavior of > Mercury in the Body Causing Chronic Diseases. > > > http://www.laleva.cc/choice/mercury_cronicdis.html > > [xxiii] The argument that the thimerosal > containing vaccines could not deliver the amount of > mercury to cause a systemic illness is somewhat > refuted by the history of the disease classified as > acrodynia. Perhaps autism will end up like > acrodynia, where the removal of the causative > material (ie., mercury containing teething powders) > lead to cessation of the disease and the > identification of the cause. Due to the perceived > low levels of mercury in the teething powders and > the wide-spread use of mercury in medicine at that > time it was 10 years after the removal of the > mercury containing teething powders before medicine > acknowledged that mercury exposure was the causal > factor. It is significant to notice that many of the > symptoms of acrodynia are similar to the clinical > picture of children identified today as autistic, > with attention deficit disorder, etc. that have no > family history of such diseases or illness > classifications. > > > [xxiv] A good graph of contagious disease > incidence, which begins at 1900 (or earlier), will > show a picture of death, disease incidence and > severity that declined by 90% (average) before > vaccine introduction. Plague and scarlet fever > declined without vaccine. Measles declined in > mortality 99.7% before vaccine introduction. At some > point we might inevitably conclude that vaccine > 'necessity' is a sales gimmick not a scientific > reality. " Scientific medicine has taken credit it > does not deserve for some advances in health. Most > people believe that victory over the infectious > diseases of the last century came with the invention > of immunizations. In fact, cholera, typhoid, > tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, etc, were in > decline before vaccines for them became available - > the result of better methods of sanitation, sewage > disposal, and distribution of food and water, " wrote > Greg Beattie in 'Vaccination: a Parent's Dilemma.' > > U.S.A. DEATHS > > > Diphtheria > Pertussis > Tetanus > Measles > > 1901 > 48,839 > 33,094 > 28,065 > 11,956 > > 1911 > 20,350 > 20,285 > 11,503 > 7,615 > > 1921 > 12,267 > 14,724 > 7,818 > 4,919 > > 1931 > 4,388 > 9,850 > 4,709 > 2,957 > > 1941 > 1,135 > 4,399 > 2,384 > 1,013 > > 1946 > 467 > 1,460 > 1,697 > 469 > > 1951 > 125 > 558 > 1,093 > 268 > > 1956 > 45 > 206 > 788 > 203 > > 1961 > 22 > 82 > 550 > 162 > > 1966 > 15 > 32 > 282 > 44 > > 1971-5 > 12 > 122 > 122 > 17 > > > > The public has never been told that the > death rate from infectious diseases fell long before > vaccines were introduced. The chart cited above is > based on information found in Tim O'Shea's book, The > Sanctity of Human Blood, and Michael Alderson's > book, International Mortality Statistics. It shows > yearly U.S. death rates for four common diseases > between 1906 and 1975. The propaganda campaign for > vaccination has been so successful that most of us > automatically believe that vaccines are so effective > they are responsible for the virtual eradication of > serious childhood illnesses. But nothing could be > further from the truth. " Up to 90% of the total > decline in the death rate of children between > 1860-1965 because of whooping cough, scarlet fever, > diphtheria, and measles occurred before the > introduction of immunizations and antibiotics, " > stated Dr. Archie Kalokerinos, M.D. Most ministries > of health around the world show graphs that start in > the 1950's or even 70's to make the vaccination look > as if they have been responsible for the eradication > of diseases, but when you take the graphs back to > the early 1900's or late 1800's you soon see that > vaccination have done little to help the decline of > said diseases. > > [xxv] Anderson, H.B. The Facts Against > Compulsory Vaccination. 1929 > > Organized Physicians Were Just As Sure That > the Inoculation of People With Smallpox Was a Good > Thing As They Now Are That Vaccination Is Necessary > But Smallpox Inoculation Resulted In Actually > Spreading the Disease and Was Made a Penal Offence > in England in 1840. > > [xxvi] Strong MJ, Garruto RM, Joshi JG, > Mundy WR, Shafer TJ. Can the mechanism of aluminium > neurotoxicity be integrated into a unified scheme? > Journal Toxicol Environ Health 1996; 48:599-613. > > [xxvii] Mendola P, Selevan SG, Gutter S,Rice > D. Environmental factors associated with a spectrum > of neurodevelopmental deficits. Ment Retard Dev > Disabil Res Rev 2002; 8:188-197 > > [xxviii] Geier David, Geier Mark - Phone > conversation August 1, 2004 > > [xxix] Haley, Boyd. Affidavit of Boyd E > Haley, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, > University of Kentucky > http://64.41.99.118/vran/vaccines/mercury/mer_haley.htm > > [xxx] Demyelinating disorders A medical > condition where the myelin sheath is damaged. The > myelin sheath surrounds nerves and is responsible > for the transmission of impulses to the brain. > Damage to the myelin sheath results in muscle > weakness, poor coordination and possible paralysis. > Examples of demyelinating disorders include Multiple > Sclerosis (MS), optic neuritis, transverse neuritis > and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). > > Primary pain is related to the demyelinating > process itself. This neuropathic pain is > characterized often as having a burning, gnawing, or > shooting quality. Acute pain conditions include > trigeminal neuralgia, painful optic neuritis, and > Lhermitte's syndrome. Chronic pain conditions such > as dysesthesias in the limbs, joint pain, and other > musculoskeletal or mechanical pain problems develop > as a function of spasticity and deconditioning > associated with demyelinating disorders > [xxxi] Mercury can cause a bewildering > variety of diseases. According to Andrew Cutler, who > has a PhD in chemistry from Princeton, " Modern > physicians are not trained to find the root cause of > a sick person's problems. They are trained to > translate what they see into latin, look it up in > their textbook, and apply a cookbook treatment. With > a toxin that poisons fundamental metabolic processes > different people will experience different symptoms > to start off, depending on their own individual > biochemistry. As the poisoning becomes more and more > serious, further symptoms surface and the modern > doctor adds more diagnoses - a patient who starts > with depression might later be considered to have > hypothyroidism, allergies and asthma in addition. > But no thought is given to why one person should > develop more and more " diseases, " when a single > diagnosis - chronic mercury poisoning - could > account for them all. Some of the " diseases " a > modern physician might mistakenly misdiagnose > chronic mercury poisoning as are: > > Addison's disease > Gastritis > > Allergies > Hypogonadism > > Alzheimer's' disease > Hypothyroidism > > Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis > Infertility > > Ankylosing spondylitis > Insomnia > > Anorexia nervosa > Irritable bowel syndrome > > Anxiety > Juvenile arthritis > > Asthma > Learning disabilities > > Attention deficit hyperactivity > disorder > Lupus erythromatosus > > Autoimmune disease > Manic depression > > Bipolar disorder > Multiple chemical sensitivities > > Borderline personality disorder > Multiple sclerosis > > Bulimia > Myasthenia gravis > > Candidiasis > Obsessive-compulsive disorder > > Chronic fatigue > Panic attacks > > Colitis > Parkinson's disease > > Crohn's disease > Pervasive developmental disorder > > Depression > Psychosis > > Endocrine disorders > Rheumatoid arthritis > > Environmental illness > Schizophrenia > > Fibromyalgia > Sciatica > > Food allergies > Sleep disorders > > > Yeast syndrome > > > > [xxxii] Reported informally to the IMVA by > Dr. Boyd Haley and confirmed by Dr. Mark Geier and > David Geier. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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