• Kennedy, who's running for the Democratic nomination for president, wrote a story co-published in 2005 by Rolling Stone and Salon in which he incorrectly claimed that the preservative thimerosal - used to prevent contamination of vaccine vials - was linked to the "epidemic of childhood neurological disorders. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Thiomersal is an antifungal preservative used in small amounts in some multi-dose vaccines (where the same vial is opened and used for multiple patients) to prevent contamination of the vaccine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Conducted in 1999, this review found no evidence of harm from the use of thiomersal as a vaccine preservative, other than local hypersensitivity reactions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thimerosal, an organic-mercury (Hg) compound containing 49.55% Hg by weight, is added to vaccines as a preservative permitting formulation of multi-dose vaccine vials. (ijbcp.com)
  • Most people are unaware that many vaccines are manufactured using Thimerosal, a sterilizer/preservative that is 49.6 percent ethylmercury. (edgemagazine.net)
  • Thiomersal has been used as a preservative in multi-dose vaccine vials for many years, but, because of concerns about possible toxicity, is now largely phased out in the EU, and the USA. (astaines.eu)
  • Thiomersal was used as a vaccine preservative up to March 1992. (astaines.eu)
  • However, some vaccines labeled "preservative free" or "thimerosal free" contain trace amounts of mercury (2). (everlyreport.com)
  • 1] Glancing at the foot-high stack of published clinical studies on the desk, years of independent research identifying certain neurological impairments, such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and cellular organ damage resulting from vaccines containing the toxic ethylmercury preservative commonly known as thimerosal, it is incomprehensible to fathom the depth of scientific denial in Sebelius' statement. (blogspot.com)
  • This article answers the most frequently asked questions about thimerosal and its use as a preservative in vaccines. (immunizationinfo.org)
  • TIV is also available both with trace amounts of thimerosal and with thimerosal as a preservative. (immunizationinfo.org)
  • Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative that has been used for decades in the United States in multi-dose vials (vials containing more than one dose) of medicines and vaccines. (thezeropointlife.com)
  • Thimerosal used to be used as a preservative in contact lens solution and may be in many other substances. (brainadvance.org)
  • Lie # 1 "Thimerosal, 49.55% mercury by weight, is safe when used as a preservative in vaccines and other drugs. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Thiomersal contains ethylmercury, a mercury compound which is related to, but significantly less toxic than, the neurotoxic pollutant methylmercury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thimerosal, which is present in most flu vaccines, is highly toxic and synergistically toxic, meaning it becomes significantly more toxic when in the presence of other chemical compounds such as aluminum and many antibiotics. (naturalnews.com)
  • Much less is known about the toxicity of ethylmercury, but it is felt to be wise to assume that it too is toxic. (astaines.eu)
  • Dr. Shiv Chopra offers: "Bear in mind that more than mercury, aluminium, and other toxic materials, it is the foreign protein constituents in vaccines that lead to various auto-immune diseases, such as autism and other afflictions. (sandrafinley.ca)
  • Ethylmercury is an organic toxic mercury compound and the focus of the debate over mercury in vaccines. (everlyreport.com)
  • We believe it is a crime to inject mercury into the bodies of any pregnant woman and child, while knowing that thimerosal is extremely toxic. (blogspot.com)
  • Why is it that the same level of critique and skepticism isn't used for the same type of toxic compounds not placed on skin, but inserted directly into the bloodstream? (thezeropointlife.com)
  • Dr Richard Halvorsen, author of the book The Truth About Vaccines said: "Thimerosal is an extremely toxic substance and a known poison to the brain. (positivehealth.com)
  • Thimerosal is so toxic that putting it on your skin is illegal. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Yet, despite warnings in the published scientific literature that Thimerosal was toxic, and despite opposition to its use in every decade since, Thimerosal has remained in the drug supply. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • In fact, multiple studies have found no evidence exposure to thimerosal causes autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Budzyn DM, Majewska R, Kiełtyka A. Early exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and children's cognitive development. (ijbcp.com)
  • found by comparing methylmercury to thimerosal that while blood levels of ethylmercury post-injection drop more rapidly than blood levels of methylmercury post-ingestion, the percentage of inorganic mercury deposited in the brain after exposure to thimerosal was nearly five times higher than the amount of inorganic mercury deposited after methylmercury exposure. (everlyreport.com)
  • It all started when a friend of mind sent me a copy of a letter from Congressman David Weldon, M.D. to the director of the CDC, Dr Julie L. Gerberding, in which he alludes to a study by a Doctor Thomas Verstraeten, then representing the CDC, on the connection between infant exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental injury. (vaccinationinformationnetwork.com)
  • The Eli Lilly Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Thimerosal acknowledges that exposure to Thimerosal in utero and in children can cause "mild to severe mental retardation and mild to severe gross motor impairment. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • After the animals died from exposure to Thimerosal, the decision was made to administer it to 22 patients suffering from bacterial meningitis during an epidemic in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1929. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Being a derivative of ethylmercury, it has been linked with autism as a possible risk factor based on the assumption that exposure to ethylmercury would have similar neurotoxic effects as another mercurial compound, methylmercury. (ijbcp.com)
  • On the other hand, many well controlled studies have failed to find any such causal relation and there are others that have clearly demonstrated a much favourable kinetic profile of ethylmercury as compared to methylmercury. (ijbcp.com)
  • A lot is known about the toxicity of a related compound, methylmercury, which caused the terrible tragedy of Minanmata disease . (astaines.eu)
  • In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Public Health Service called for mercury to be removed from vaccines because it was found that the amount of mercury in vaccines given to infants exceeded the EPA reference dose or per day exposure threshold for methylmercury. (everlyreport.com)
  • Methylmercury vs. Ethylmercury. (everlyreport.com)
  • Methylmercury and ethylmercury are organic mercury compounds. (everlyreport.com)
  • The CDC claims that ethylmercury in vaccines is "cleared from the body more quickly than methylmercury, and is therefore less likely to cause any harm" (1). (everlyreport.com)
  • This refers to the amount of ethylmercury in the blood after it's injected via vaccine, based on the observation that the amount of ethylmercury in the blood drops more quickly than the same amount of methylmercury (9). (everlyreport.com)
  • Therefore, it is not acceptable to use the safety profile of ingested methylmercury as a substitute for the injection of ethylmercury. (everlyreport.com)
  • This article summarizes the differences between methylmercury and ethylmercury and the scientific studies on the alleged association between thimerosal and neurodevelopmental outcomes. (immunizationinfo.org)
  • [12] Additionally, a further analysis of this study revealed no association between vaccines and autism among 1.8 million children. (verify.wiki)
  • Rather, the official denial of any possible association between vaccines and autism has hardened into an absolute dogma. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • This article summarizes the scientific evidence available regarding an association between vaccines and autism. (immunizationinfo.org)
  • Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: a prospective cohort study in the United Kingdom does not support a causal association. (ijbcp.com)
  • Despite the absence of data suggesting harm from quantities of ethylmercury contained in the vaccines, in 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Public Health Service recommended the immediate removal of mercury from all vaccines given to young infants. (verify.wiki)
  • Articles by Dale Hattis, PhD, of Clarke University shall become central to evaluating thimerosal's neurotoxic effects in susceptible infants and toddlers injected with ethylmercury (eHg). (whale.to)
  • In 2008, an ecological birth cohort assessment of Thimerosal exposure in infants and neurodevelopment disorders within the computerized medical records of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) database was undertaken [ 7 ]. (springer.com)
  • Subsequently, in 2013, a case-control assessment of organic Hg from Thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccination in infants who were diagnosed autism in the computerized medical records within the VSD database was undertaken [ 8 ]. (springer.com)
  • Congressman Weldon questions the CDC director as to why, following this meeting, Dr. Verstraeten published his results, almost four years later, in the journal Pediatrics to show just the opposite, that is, that there was no correlation to any neurodevelopmental problems related to thimerosal exposure in infants. (vaccinationinformationnetwork.com)
  • Paediatricians in many parts of the world inject mercury-containing vaccines into newborn infants and children in the first years of life, a substance that burns their brain[2], sometimes kills[3], or causes autism (see below) and other neurological disorders. (positivehealth.com)
  • Despite decades of safe use, public campaigns prompted the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to request vaccine makers to remove thiomersal from vaccines as quickly as possible on the precautionary principle. (wikipedia.org)
  • Title : Understanding thimerosal, mercury, and vaccine safety Corporate Authors(s) : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);American Academy of Pediatrics. (cdc.gov)
  • As part of this effort, in July 1999, the U.S. Public Health Service (US PHS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a joint statement formally requesting that manufacturers eliminate or reduce the amount of thimerosal (a mercury-containing compound) in vaccines. (immunizationinfo.org)
  • Based on this realization that they were violating safety guidelines he says, this then "resulted in a joint statement of the Public Health Service (PHS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in July of last year (1999), which stated that as a long term goal, it was desirable to remove mercury from vaccines because it was a potentially preventable source of exposure. (vaccinationinformationnetwork.com)
  • However, in July 1999, the Public Health Service agencies, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and vaccine manufacturers agreed that thimerosal should be reduced or eliminated in vaccines as a precautionary measure. (thezeropointlife.com)
  • After "realizing" the amount of mercury in the childhood vaccination schedule recommended by the CDC exceeded all national and global maximum safety limits, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the United States Public Health Service called for the immediate removal of Thimerosal from all vaccines on July 7, 1999. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • The authors suppressed data from 2001, which showed a further fall in autism prevalence. (astaines.eu)
  • First, the fall in autism incidence in 2001. (astaines.eu)
  • Between 1999 and 2001, thimerosal was removed or reduced to trace amounts in all childhood vaccines except for some flu vaccines. (verify.wiki)
  • High levels of mercury have also been linked to autism, ADHD, and other learning disabilities and neurological impairments. (naturalnews.com)
  • Material Safety Data Sheets for Thimerosal report that the compound causes immune system problems, mental retardation and neurological damage. (edgemagazine.net)
  • A study linking vaccines to autism and other neurological problems has been removed by a Frontiers journal after receiving heavy criticism since it was accepted last week. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The documents also proved the CDC has know for a long time that neurological tics, indicating brain disturbances, were associated with thimerosal-containing vaccines, such as the influenza vaccine. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Poisson regression analysis was used to model the association between the prevalence of outcomes and organic Hg doses from Thimerosal-containing vaccines. (springer.com)
  • There is no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines, except for minor reactions like redness and swelling at the injection site. (thezeropointlife.com)
  • During the highly publicized phase-out period for mercury in 1999-2002, four doses of a new vaccine with high aluminum content wer e added to the CDC vaccination schedule. (informedchoicewa.org)
  • Most doses of these flu vaccines are Thimerosal-preserved. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • The idea that thiomersal was a cause or trigger for autism is now considered disproven, as incidence rates for autism increased steadily even after thiomersal was removed from childhood vaccines. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997, the FDA conducted a comprehensive review of the use of thiomersal in childhood vaccines. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ball LK, Ball R, Pratt RD. An assessment of thimerosal use in childhood vaccines. (ijbcp.com)
  • A 1999 report showed that during the 1990s, U.S. children were exposed to unsafe levels of ethylmercury via routine childhood vaccinations. (edgemagazine.net)
  • There has been an extensive controversy about the links between thiomersal exposure in infancy and childhood, and the development of childhood autism. (astaines.eu)
  • [15] Currently, the only childhood vaccines that contain thimerosal are flu vaccines packaged in multi-dose vials. (verify.wiki)
  • Routine childhood vaccination is an important public health tool to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases, but the present study provides new epidemiological evidence of a significant relationship between increasing organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines and the subsequent risk of PDD diagnosis in males and females. (springer.com)
  • There is enough convincing evidence linking thimerosal with developmental disorders and learning problems in individual children to warrant its removal from any childhood vaccine. (positivehealth.com)
  • Lie #2 "Mercury was removed from all childhood vaccines in (pick any year between 1999 and the present). (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • By 2003, the vaccine manufacturers had begun to react to the 1999 call by lowering the mercury content in many of the Thimerosal-preserved early childhood vaccines. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Significantly, if you put the amount of mercury added to the immunization schedule as a result of the CDC-recommended seasonal and (in 2009) H1N1 flu shots** on one side of a scale, and the amount of mercury that was subtracted from that schedule by reformulating early childhood vaccines without Thimerosal on the other side, the total amount of mercury added far outweighs the amount of mercury subtracted. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Currently, the actions taken by the vaccine manufacturers, the FDA and the CDC have increased the possible maximum childhood exposure to mercury from vaccines to twice the level that triggered the 1999 call to remove mercury from all vaccines as soon as possible! (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • it "shows" a higher rate of autism, allergies, ADHD, and learning disorders in vaccinated children. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The current rate of autism is 1 in 110 children in the United States and 1 in 64 children in the UK. (positivehealth.com)
  • Aluminum offers another plausible explanation as to why the rate of autism did not decline upon the removal of thimerosal from most vaccines. (informedchoicewa.org)
  • Robert Kennedy's report says there is a connection between vaccinations that contain thimerasol and autism. (sandrafinley.ca)
  • 18 years (including 8,476 vaccinations in children aged 6-23 months) enrolled in one of five health care organizations within the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) during 1993-1999 ( 390 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The MMR is only one vaccine of the eleven vaccinations on the paediatric schedule that has been studied for causing developmental problems such as autism. (positivehealth.com)
  • Infant get mercury toxicity from vaccinations because of the mercury-containing compound thimerosal. (brainadvance.org)
  • Astoundingly, the total level of mercury exposure, if a child receives all the possible CDC-recommended vaccinations that are still Thimerosal preserved, from 6 months to 18 years of age, has actually increased. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • An adult dose contains 25 micrograms of ethylmercury, which is safe by EPA standards if one weighs 550 pounds. (edgemagazine.net)
  • 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. (positivehealth.com)
  • Nonetheless, most seasonal and H1N1 flu shots for pregnant women and young children contain 25 micrograms of mercury in the form of Thimerosal. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Some have accused thimerosal of causing developmental disorders in children, but scientific evidence doesn't support this. (factcheck.org)
  • The report details adverse effects associated with autism, including encephalitis, developmental delays, altered states of consciousness, speech delays and other adverse reactions. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Within the life-altering category of pervasive developmental disorders is autism - a continuum of problems that is now collectively referred to as autism spectrum disorders . (orionmagazine.org)
  • A hypothesis testing case-control study evaluated automated medical records in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) for organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal in Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)-containing vaccines administered at specific times within the first 15 months of life among subjects diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) ( n = 534) in comparison to controls. (springer.com)
  • The birth cohort prevalence rate of the medically diagnosed pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) of autism and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was calculated. (springer.com)
  • I continue to fully support more independent research to determine if environmental triggers, including vaccines, are causing autism and other developmental problems. (positivehealth.com)
  • Thimerosal (or Thiomersal) is a trade name for an organomercurial compound (sodium ethyl-mercury (Hg) thiosalicylate) that is 49.55% Hg by weight, which rapidly decomposes in aqueous saline solutions into ethyl-Hg hydroxide and ethyl-Hg chloride. (educate-yourself.org)
  • Once injected into the body via intramuscular injection, it is rapidly broken down into thiosalicylate and ethylmercury (1). (everlyreport.com)
  • Thimerosal is initially metabolized into ethyl-Hg compounds and thiosalicylate and rapidly binds onto thiol groups found on many proteins in human blood [ 2 ]. (springer.com)
  • David Mandell, a psychiatric epidemiologist, health services researcher and director of the Center for Mental Health at the University of Pennsylvania, told us, "Every single rigorous study we have" shows "no association" between autism and vaccination. (wrongplanet.net)
  • An accompanying editorial in the same journal described Wakefield's work as an "elaborate fraud" which led to lower vaccination rates, putting hundreds of thousands of children at risk and diverting funding and other resources from research into the true cause of autism. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hence this review supports the exemption of thimerosal from regulation and also justifies its use in LICs for uninterrupted vaccination of the most vulnerable population. (ijbcp.com)
  • After reviewing vaccination records from state immunization forms, they found no differences in age at vaccination between autistic and non-autistic children, which suggests that vaccine exposure was not a risk factor for autism. (verify.wiki)
  • Though the thimerosal content of most vaccines was reduced to "trace amounts" (0.3-1.0mcg mercury per dose) or eliminated after 1999, unfortunately, the total amount of mercury a child from 6 months to 18 years of age will receive through the recommended CDC vaccination schedule, has increased since the AAP called for its removal (6). (everlyreport.com)
  • First, there is a direct relationship between vaccination and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). (blogspot.com)
  • Despite this, starting in 2000, parents in the United States pursued legal compensation from a federal fund arguing that thiomersal caused autism in their children. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Danes analyzed first diagnoses of autism, (the 'incidence' of autism in the jargon of my profession), in children, aged between 2 and 10, and diagnosed between 1971 and 2000. (astaines.eu)
  • Rates are beginning to dip in the two older groups in 2000, as compared with 1999. (astaines.eu)
  • As I mentioned the paper shows data up to 2000, with some indication that incidence is falling in 2000 compared with 1999. (astaines.eu)
  • Following the April 2000 Congressional hearings on autism and vaccines, this epidemic can no longer be ignored. (brainadvance.org)
  • It is a critique of sorts, of a paper published in Pediatrics, in 2003, on "Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence from Danish Population-Based Data" which may be read (free, thanks to the AAP) here . (astaines.eu)
  • Form of the mercuric compound (e.g. organic vs. inorganic) and route of exposure (dermal, inhalation, ingestion, injection) dictates toxicity. (everlyreport.com)
  • It basically states that the symptoms of autism are identical to the symptoms of mercury toxicity and that mercury toxicity is most likely the cause of autism. (brainadvance.org)
  • With that declaration, and a subsequent one by Eli Lilly staff that Thimerosal has a low order of toxicity for man, even though it killed small animals, Thimerosal was introduced into the drug supply. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Mercury is a known neurotoxin - it impacts the central nervous system, causes neuronal deterioration, and actually has been implicated in autism, contrary to what the media will report. (thezeropointlife.com)
  • Thimerosal is a poison, neurotoxin, cancer-causer, and can interrupt the immune system and the normal development of an unborn baby or a child. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • One of the vaccine components was thimerosal - 50% ethylmercury, a mercury-based antibacterial compound that has been used effectively in multi-dose vaccine preparations for more than 50 years to prevent contamination of vaccines. (verify.wiki)
  • However, in 2017 agency scientists estimated an autism prevalence of 1 in 45 in adults using modeling based on data from children, taking into account the shorter life expectancy for autistic people. (wrongplanet.net)
  • It is widely believed by experts that a big part of it is due to a mix of better access to child psychiatric services, better and more rigorous diagnosis, and to the broadening of autism diagnoses into the Autism Spectrum disorders (see the recent review by Fombonne ). (astaines.eu)
  • In this shocking letter Congressman Weldon referrers to Dr. Verstraeten's study which looked at the data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink and found a significant correlation between thimerosal exposure via vaccines and several neurodevelopmental disorders including tics, speech and language delays, and possibly to ADD. (vaccinationinformationnetwork.com)
  • The FDA writes, "The scientific evidence collected over the past 15 years does not show any evidence of harm, including serious neurodevelopmental disorders, from use of thimerosal in vaccines. (thezeropointlife.com)
  • While there may be some true increase in autism, the rise, if any, is less dramatic than it appears. (wrongplanet.net)
  • This does not mean that some part of the increase may not be real, but it is widely believed that most of it reflects other things besides a real increase in autism. (astaines.eu)
  • No there is absolutely no evidence that vaccines cause autism," Catherine Lord, a clinical psychologist and autism researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told us in an email. (wrongplanet.net)
  • There is no accepted scientific evidence that exposure to thiomersal is a factor in causing autism. (wikipedia.org)
  • De Stefano F. Vaccines and autism: evidence does not support a causal association. (ijbcp.com)
  • The science and politics surrounding Thimerosal was detailed last year in a book, Evidence Of Harm, by former New York Times contributor David Kirby, available in paperback March 1. (edgemagazine.net)
  • For instance, a scientific review by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) found that all pieces of evidence pointed out to no causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism. (verify.wiki)
  • As a researcher and concerned citizen, and as a co-author of a research paper linking thimerosal with neurodevelopmental problems in children (1), I believe that the Joint Statement offers conclusions and recommendations based upon scientific errors in the methodology used by several CDC study groups that recently explored HMO databases for evidence of neurotoxicity induced by physician-injected ethylmercury (3). (whale.to)
  • In the case of Dr. Thompson's release of confidential documents to a Congressional subcommittee, the CDC intentionally concealed their evidence that African American boys under 36 months had a higher risk of autism after receiving the MMR vaccine . (greenmedinfo.com)
  • While there is no evidence that any child has been harmed by the mercury content of a vaccine, some parents and health care providers still have questions: What is thimerosal? (immunizationinfo.org)
  • These facts are directed toward doctors and medical officials who have a hard time with reading comprehension and still insist there is no evidence of harm from vaccines containing thimerosal, which is 50 percent mercury by weight. (positivehealth.com)
  • Even when the CDC's own immunologist, Dr. William Thompson, whistle-blows and provides thousands of pages of scientific data and research proving a vaccine-autism connection, the matter is rapidly shoved under the table. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • The meeting was held for the specific purpose to find ways to prevent the findings from reaching the public, and spin and manipulate the data to disprove a vaccine-autism connection. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Another damning case of government-industry knowledge about a vaccine-autism connection is a leaked December 16, 2011 document from GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's largest vaccine manufacturers. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • And to date, there is not a single gold standard publication to refute with certainty a vaccine-autism connection . (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Unlike the US, the UK and Australia, the majority of the governmental health ministries in the modern industrialized world do not take an official national stance on the vaccine-autism controversy and other serious vaccine-related injuries. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • It is possible that the actual incidence of autism has increased somewhat over the last 20 or 50 years, but we do know that much of that increase is not real," Lord said. (wrongplanet.net)
  • This graph shows a significant increase in the incidence of autism. (astaines.eu)
  • I can think of no mechanism by which removing a major cause of autism, could lead to a rise in the incidence of the syndrome. (astaines.eu)
  • Thimerosal is no longer used in vaccines given to children, with the exception of some flu shots, and yet autism diagnoses have continued to rise. (wrongplanet.net)
  • On 12 February 2009, a special court convened in the United States to review claims under its National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ruled parents of autistic children are not entitled to compensation in their contention that certain vaccines caused their children to develop autism. (wikipedia.org)
  • After this autism rates rise steadily, first in the youngest children (ages 2 to 4), then in the next group (ages 5 to 6), and finally in the oldest children, (ages 7 to 9). (astaines.eu)
  • These are children newly diagnosed with autism. (astaines.eu)
  • An article appeared in February 2017 claiming that a team of nine Egyptian scientists [1] may have just confirmed that one in every 50 American children has autism, and its primary cause could be mercury in vaccines. (verify.wiki)
  • While the study in question suggested it was from the vaccines at early ages, [1] other studies also found elevated mercury, lead, and aluminum levels in children with autism, but it was suggested that it was most probably from maternal fish consumption, living near gas stations, and/or usage of aluminum paints during the key times of these children's development. (verify.wiki)
  • On the other hand, researchers in metropolitan Atlanta compared 624 children who have autism with 1,824 healthy children. (verify.wiki)
  • In Finland, researchers performed 2 prospective cohort studies where they recorded adverse events associated with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)-vaccinated children during 1982-1996, and discovered that none of the children developed autism. (verify.wiki)
  • Since 2003, CDC funded or conducted 9 studies around the world, and no association between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism was found, as well as no link between the MMR vaccine and autism in children. (verify.wiki)
  • It was done as a precaution to reduce all types of mercury exposure in children before studies were conducted that determined that thimerosal was not harmful. (verify.wiki)
  • Millions of children in this country have been injected with vaccinal ethylmercury. (whale.to)
  • The numbers of susceptible children likely to have developed neurologic impairments from thimerosal are significant (4). (whale.to)
  • He further explains that he is referring to children being exposed to thimerosal in vaccines. (vaccinationinformationnetwork.com)
  • Present generations of paediatricians are mercury doctors who cannot stand the light of medical reason or the basic science that clearly shows how dangerous shooting thimerosal into children can be. (positivehealth.com)
  • The committee's conclusion did not exclude the possibility that MMR could contribute to autism in a small number of children, given that the epidemiological studies lacked sufficient precision to assess rare occurrences. (informedchoicewa.org)
  • The authors looked back at 263 children aged 6 months to 18 years who had visited the Mayo Clinic between 1999 and 2006 with laboratory-confirmed influenza. (wanttoknow.info)
  • However, in April of 2002, the CDC began recommending that pregnant women and very young children get annual Thimerosal-preserved flu shots. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • The result was a 'shell game' which has caused widespread confusion in the public because of press reports declaring, "Since (select a year between 1999 and the present), mercury has been removed from all recommended vaccines for children except for some flu shots. (mercuryfreebaby.org)
  • Extensive investigation into vaccines and autism spectrum disorder has shown that there is no relationship between the two, causal or otherwise, and that the vaccine ingredients do not cause autism. (wikipedia.org)
  • This review presents various studies regarding the causal association between thimerosal containing vaccines and autism. (ijbcp.com)
  • Thimerosal is made of thiosalicyclic acid and ethyl mercury. (naturalnews.com)
  • In recent interviews, Kennedy's autism-related talking points have coalesced around a few misleading or untrue statements about the rise in autism diagnoses and vaccines, which we will discuss below. (wrongplanet.net)
  • First they moved classification systems, for autism, and all other diagnoses, in 1994, from ICD-8 to ICD-9. (astaines.eu)
  • Lord and Mandell told us there's no such diagnosis as "full-blown autism," the behaviors of autistic people and support they need vary, and there are autistic people in Kennedy's generation. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Geier DA, Hooker BS, Kern JK, King PG, Sykes LK, Geier MR. A two-phase study evaluating the relationship between Thimerosal-containing vaccine administration and the risk for an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in the United States. (ijbcp.com)
  • The generally accepted biologically non-plausible linkage between Thimerosal exposure and subsequent diagnosis of febrile seizure ( n = 5886) was examined as a control outcome. (springer.com)
  • A systematic review by the Cochrane Library concluded that there is no credible link between the MMR vaccine and autism, that MMR has prevented diseases that still carry a heavy burden of death and complications, that the lack of confidence in MMR has damaged public health, and that the design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies are largely inadequate. (wikipedia.org)
  • To bolster claims of an "autism epidemic," Kennedy has repeatedly made misleading statements about the nonexistence of older autistic people while using an incomplete description of autistic people in general. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Thimerosal is a mercury compound found in some vaccines. (educate-yourself.org)
  • They found just under 1000 cases of autism diagnosed in Denmark over this period. (astaines.eu)
  • [15] A final CDC study in 2013 also found no direct relation between vaccines and autism. (verify.wiki)
  • That study found consistent significantly increased rate ratios for diagnosed autism and ASD with increasing organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines from birth to 7 months and birth to 13 months of age. (springer.com)
  • Researchers generally agree that increasing awareness of autism, expansions in its definition and the growing availability of services all have contributed to an increase in diagnosed cases in younger generations. (wrongplanet.net)
  • Researchers criticized Kennedy's characterization of autism. (wrongplanet.net)