Groundbreaking Primate Study Mercury Vaccine Preservative To Brain Injury

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Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative To Brain

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Article 03 Oct 2009

 

A new study in the leading scientific journal NeuroToxicology lends

further credence to parents and scientists concerned about an increasingly

aggressive childhood vaccine schedule and toxic vaccine components. A team led

by

researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that infant macaque

monkeys receiving a single Hepatitis B vaccine containing the mercury-based

preservative thimerosal underwent significant delays in developing critical

reflexes controlled by the brainstem. The infant macaques that did not

receive vaccines developed normally.

 

Government vaccine guidelines were expanded in 1991 to include a Hepatitis

B vaccine for infants within the first few days of life, even though the

disease is primarily transmitted sexually or spread through the use of dirty

needles. The introduction of the shot was part of a greatly accelerated

vaccine schedule that coincides with the drastic increase in autism, which

now affects one in 100 American children. Thimerosal was removed from U.S.

Hepatitis B vaccines in 2000 but was not recalled from the market and was

administered for approximately two more years. It still remains in other

vaccines including all multi-dose shots for both the seasonal flu and H1N1.

 

Current government recommendations for seasonal flu and H1N1 call for

pregnant women to receive both vaccines, and children as young as six months to

receive as many as four separate flu shots.

 

" This also doesn't take into account that nursing infants may be exposed

to additional mercury through breastmilk should both mother and baby be

vaccinated, " says National Autism Association (NAA) board chair Lori McIlwain.

" This study's outcome confirms that such an over-the-top toxic vaccine

schedule is an assault on the developing brains of our children. "

 

Specifically, the study found:

 

-- Thirteen newborn rhesus macaques were given a Hepatitis B vaccine

containing a standardized dose of thimerosal adjusted for their weight, four

received a saline placebo, and three were not given any shots.

 

-- Vaccinated animals experienced a significant delay in the acquisition

of three survival reflexes compared to unvaccinated animals. Root, snout,

and suck reflexes, critical to animal survival in the wild, were delayed in

the vaccinated macaques.

 

-- These reflexes are controlled by the brainstem, a vital part of the

brain that regulates automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and

intestinal activity.v -- Neonatal responses in unvaccinated control animals

were not delayed.

 

-- The delay in acquisition of three of the four survival reflexes was not

contingent on birth weight or gestational age.

 

For years, parents of children with autism have lobbied government health

agencies to conduct research comparing the health of vaccinated children to

that of unvaccinated children, and to remove thimerosal from all vaccines.

Neither request has been met.

 

" This study underscores the lack of appropriate government action to

ensure the safety of vaccines. Had our government agencies conducted the most

basic research on the implications to children's health from the vaccines

they rigorously promote, they could have spared thousands of children the

neurological injuries they endure today, " said Ms. McIlwain. " It's shameful. "

 

Source: National Autism Association