Vaccines: Autism comes cheap for Indian children, Tehelka.

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http://www.tehelka.com/story_main23.asp?filename=Ne120906Autism_could.asp EXCERPT: (Please go to the link and read the full article) There is no conclusive scientific evidence yet, but many parents are convinced that the presence of mercury in vaccines administered to infants is responsible for their children’s autism. Mercury acts as a poison in the human body. The controversy over mercury content in vaccines first arose in the West 25 years ago. Multi-dose vaccines contain Thimerosal — a potent neurotoxin with 50 percent mercury content used to stem fungi and bacterial growth in vaccines. These multi-dose vaccines are still being administered in India. Multi-dose vaccine vials are 10 times cheaper than single-dose vials — which do not contain any mercury — and hence preferred by the international

agencies for vaccination programmes in developing countries. The possible link between mercury in vaccines and the unprecedented growth in the number of autism cases among children in the West caused great concern among parents there. This led to a ban on such vaccines in many developed countries. But millions of children in India every year are still indiscriminately administered these vaccines. Vaccine manufacturers in developed countries make mercury-free vaccines for the domestic market, but the same companies supply vaccines with thimerosal to developing countries. In India most vaccines which used in the universal immunisation programme contain mercury. Mercury is present in DPT, Hepatitis B, Haemophililus influenza and combination of

vaccines to the extent of 25-50 micro grams per 0.5 ml paediatric dose. A child who has undergone a full vaccine schedule in India receives a total of about 375 to 450 micrograms of Thimerosal. This is 50,000 times more than the limit prescribed in drinking water by WHO. On the other hand, WHO is promoting the Hepatitis B vaccine in India, which has high levels of mercury. India is still waiting for a study that would establish the link between mercury-laden vaccines and autism, despite the fact that the toxicity of mercury is a well-known and established fact. Till such time as a definite link is established Indian children just might unknowingly be risking autism every time they are vaccinated. Vaccination procedures are a politically motivated non-science, whose practitioners are only interested in injecting multitudes of vaccines without much interest or care as to their effects. Data collection on reactions to vaccines is only paid lip service, and the obvious ineffectiveness of vaccines to prevent diseases is glossed over. The fact that natural infectious diseases have beneficial effect on the maturation and development of the immune system is ignored or deliberately suppressed. Consequently, parents of small children and any potential recipients of vaccines and any orthodox medications should be wary of any member of the medical establishment extolling the non-existent virtues of vaccination. - Viera

Scheibner, Ph.D.

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