| Better science, better kids, and a DJ
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| Don Imus:
Well the studies that have been done, Senator, they didn't exactly say
that. What they said was they couldn't find any evidence of harm [from
Thimerosal in vaccines], which is 180 degrees from the CDC, the IOM, or
anybody else or any of these people who are ridiculing these parents
all over the country. It's a lot different than saying that it's safe.
And, as you know and everybody else on the planet knows, that
thimerosal is a neurotoxin. Injecting it at the levels they do and used
to do - and still do, by the way - into the bloodstreams of infants,
must do something. |
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| Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT):
Absolutely. Absolutely, and that's exactly why I wrote the letter and
why I put the requirement in the legislation we adopted last year.
Here's the point - a lot of the experts have reached the conclusion
that the vaccines had nothing to do with the incredible increase in
autism after the decade of the `90s, but I don't think the question has
been answered. Deirdre's right to take on this fight and what we're
asking for in one of the appropriations bills that passed is that the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences convene a totally
independent, big, new study of the possible links between thimerosal
and autism... |
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| Don Imus:
I mean, I would say to all these scientists and all of these various
physicians and all of these other people who claim there's no link
between thimerosal and autism, "Prove to me that it's safe." You don't
have to be a doctor to know that a neurotoxin has to do something. If
it doesn't cause autism, which I personally think it does, but if it
doesn't, it must do something. It's mercury. You know, when women get
pregnant, they tell them to reduce their fish intake to one serving a
week and that's even a different, less toxic, kind of mercury... |
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| - Imus in the Morning Transcript,
Interview with Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), March 23, 2006 |
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| In
2005 and 2006, Don Imus and his courageous wife, Deirdre, have raised
the national consciousness on the issue of autism and Thimerosal and
have provided political cover for Senators to begin to speak out
publicly in a way that would have been unimaginable only a year ago, as
recent transcripts with Senator
Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and Senator
John Kerry (D-MA) demonstrate. Don and Deirdre have truly chosen to
put our children first! |
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| The
emergence of Don and Deirdre was an unexpected blessing for our
children. They are the icing on the cake for momentum that began to
build ever since the release of the IOM's 2004 report. Other
journalists who have also stepped up include David Kirby, author of Evidence of Harm,
published in 2005; Dan Olmsted, a writer for UPI, with frequent
investigative pieces in his "Age of Autism" series, and Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., author of a scathing indictment of the CDC and IOM
published simultaneously in Rolling
Stone and on Salon.com in the Summer of 2005. |
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| Better Science |
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| As
mentioned in Chapter VI, the biological science keeps coming, building
up a stronger and stronger case for Thimerosal's role in causing autism: |
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| From
the University of Kentucky, a study of first baby haircuts study showed
autistic children have abnormally low levels of mercury in hair samples
demonstrating an impaired ability to excrete heavy metals (see) |
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| From
Columbia University, a subset of mice injected with Thimerosal,
equivalent to the frequency and dosing of the pediatric vaccine
schedule, developed "autistic" symptoms (see) |
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| From
Northeastern University, Thimerosal was proven to disrupt cell-to-cell
communication, known as methylation, which could produce many of the
symptoms of autism (see) |
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| From
the University of Arkansas, autistic children were shown to have a
decreased ability to manufacture glutathione, the body's most important
detoxifying agent (see) |
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| From
Arizona State University, autistic children were shown to excrete
higher levels of mercury when given a chelating agent versus their
neurotypical peers (see) |
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| From
the University of Washington, monkeys injected with ethylmercury
(mercury in Thimerosal) had twice the amount of inorganic mercury in
their brains compared to methylmercury (environmental mercury) (see) |
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| From
U.C. Davis, Thimerosal was shown to create immune system dysfunction in
mice cells. Immune system dysfunction is common amongst autistic
children (see) |
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| From
the journal American Physicians and Surgeons, a study shows the rates
of autism have begun to decline as mercury has been removed from
vaccines (see) |
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| Better Kids |
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| The
issue that we hear the least about today is actually the most
important: our children are recovering from autism and going on to lead
normal lives. With a movement known as "biomedical" treatment for
autism, more than 400 doctors across the country are working with more
than 20,000 parents to treat autistic children by removing the metals
and viruses from their bodies. |
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| These
400 Doctors are part of a coalition of Doctors, known as Defeat Autism
Now! Doctors or DAN!, courageously treating autistic children for what
actually ails them: mercury poisoning and all the devastating symptoms
that mercury creates including gastrointestinal distress, immune system
dysregulation, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, sleep impairment, and
food allergies, to name a few. |
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| Twice
a year, Defeat Autism Now! holds a national conference where recovered
autistic children are featured on stage and videotaped. Stories are
appearing more frequently in the press about recovered children.
Thousands of children are fully recovered, and thousands more are well
on their way. To learn more about biomedical treatment for Autism,
visit the DAN! website and Generation Rescue. |
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| Mysteriously,
we know of no examples where the CDC has followed up publicized claims
by parents of recovered children to investigate. Why not? Why wouldn't
the CDC want to know how these children were recovered to put an end to
an epidemic? The CDC's website notes, "It is important that we treat
common DDs [developmental disabilities], and especially the ASDs
[Autism Spectrum Disorders], as conditions of urgent public health
concern..." |
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| 2006 and Beyond |
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| Our
children are running out of time. Every lost day is one day less to
treat them properly and give them the best chance to lead a happy,
normal life. |
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| Mystifyingly,
because of the addition of the flu shot to the recommended schedule for
childhood vaccinations, the level of mercury our children are receiving
is actually on the rise again, as this recent article from UPI "Mercury
Creeps Back In", points out. You can also look at this chart
- children by the age of 5 will receive 53% of the mercury received by
children at the peak of mercury exposure in the mid-1990s. |
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| The
CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics are also actively opposing state
bans of Thimerosal. So far, seven states have passed laws banning
mercury from vaccines: California, New York, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
Delaware, and Washington with many more considering legislation. And
yet, CDC and AAP, two of the authors of the 1999 joint statement, are
opposing these laws. In 2001, the AAP stated: |
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| "Mercury
in all of its forms is toxic to the fetus and children and efforts
should be made to reduce exposure to the extent possible to pregnant
women and children as well as the general population." |
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| How
could the CDC allow the amount of mercury to increase in today's
vaccination schedule and oppose laws banning mercury? It makes the
unthinkable a consideration: they are leaving mercury in vaccines to
ensure that the drop off in autism cases is not too abrupt. As this
March 2006 study
demonstrates, it does appear the rates of autism are falling after the
mercury began to be removed from vaccines in the early 2000s. |
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| Congress
is our only hope to end this senseless epidemic, our federal health
authorities have proven that they will not take action to implicate
themselves. |
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| We hope that Congress will: |
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Support the Combating Autism Act |
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Ban Thimerosal from all vaccines Nationwide |
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Recall any vaccines with Thimerosal in them immediately |
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Create
a National Task Force of Doctors versed in the biomedical treatment of
autism to establish national priorities for treating as many children
as possible |
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Initiate
trials immediately, in consultation with the Autism Research Institute
(sponsor of DAN!), on the most promising forms of biomedical treatment
for autism, including the GF/CF diet, nutritional therapy, B12 therapy,
anti-viral therapy, and chelation therapy |
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Enact legislation to provide health insurance for the
biomedical treatment of autism |
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Support
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's recently introduced bill to "conduct or
support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes,
including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations in the United
States with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations..." |
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Issue
a Senatorial subpoena to gain access to the Vaccine Safety Datalink
information, still not released after 6 years of requests, so that it
can be reviewed by outside researchers |
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Commission a new IOM Committee, paid for by Congress,
with input from the Autism Community on charter and membership |
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Hold
Senate hearing on the cover-up of the autism epidemic by the CDC and
FDA. Our only chance for truth is to hear from the perpetrators of this
cover-up under oath with the threat of perjury |
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If
Senate Committee members are unwilling to hold hearings, an independent
prosecutor needs to be appointed to investigate this cover-up |
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| In
July 2005, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions was briefed by parents and provided with this extraordinary memo,
never before publicly released, detailing the entire fraud against our
children and a statement of charges
explicitly detailing what laws have been broken by our Federal
officials. Our hope is that Senator Enzi (R-WY), chair of the
committee, chooses to hold public hearings. He hasn't done so yet. |
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| We
salute the lawmakers who have taken a step in the right direction. On
February 22, 2006, a bi-partisan group of legislators, led by Senator
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Congressmen
Dave Weldon (R-FL) and Dan Burton (R-IN) sent a letter to the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (a division of the
Department of Health and Human Services separate from CDC) asking them
to investigate a "possible association between Thimerosal in vaccines
and the risk of autism": |
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| "While
we understand that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has determined that
the evidence thus far does not support an association, we know that for
too many the issue is still not resolved. The exposure of American
children was unique -- it was 75 percent greater than their European
counterparts who are the focus of the majority of the epidemiological
research upon which the IOM relied...If the federal government is going
to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study
cannot be led by the CDC..." |
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| It is time for all Americans to put our children first. |
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| What's Egregious About This Time Period? |
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| 1. |
Despite
all the known dangers of Thimerosal, and a joint statement encouraging
its removal from vaccines in 1999, mercury remains in vaccines
recommended for children today at high levels. |
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| 2. |
Both the CDC and the AAP are actively opposing state
bans of mercury in vaccines. |
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| 3. |
The
Vaccine Safety Datalink information that CDC used to analyze the
relationship between Thimerosal and autism in American children still
has not been made available to outside researchers, six years later. |
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| 4. |
The
CDC has never compared vaccinated children to unvaccinated children to
analyze rates of autism, and our U.S. data has never been able to show
that mercury does not cause autism. An interesting series on the Amish,
who do not vaccinate and appear to have low rates of autism, recently
ran in UPI. |
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| 5. |
Despite dozens of stories of recovery from autism
publicized in the national press in the last twelve months, like this story
broadcast nationwide on NBC, we know of no account where CDC
investigated these claims of recovery to determine if it might provide
clues to solving the autism epidemic. |
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| Where is the Evidence? |
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| 1. |
Memo to Senate HELP Committee
July 15, 2005
Memo provided to Senate HELP Committee |
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|
On
July 15, 2005, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions was briefed by parents and provided with this extraordinary memo,
never before publicly released, detailing the entire fraud against our
children and a statement of charges
explicitly detailing what laws have been broken by our Federal
officials. Our hope is that Senator Enzi (R-WY), chair of the
committee, chooses to hold public hearings. He hasn't done so yet. |
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| 2. |
American Academy of Pediatrics: Keep Mercury in
Vaccines Plans
2006
From websites and email blasts of the local and national AAP chapters |
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These
documents show, in the AAP's own words, the steps they are taking to
fight the state laws being sponsored to ban Thimerosal from children's
vaccines. The AAP spearheaded the 1999 statement to protect our
children from Thimerosal, and they are now fighting to keep
mercury in vaccines. |
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Even
more puzzling, the AAP is not supporting the Combating Autism Act,
explicitly because it allocates resources to explore the safety of
vaccine preservatives, including Thimerosal, as this recent article
by David Kirby explains. |
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| 3. |
Congressional letter to National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
February 22, 2006
Letter
from Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI),
Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL) and Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN) and
others. |
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We
salute the lawmakers who have taken a step in the right direction by
sending a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (a division of the Department of Health and Human Services
separate from CDC) asking them to investigate a "possible association
between Thimerosal in vaccines and the risk of autism": |
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"While
we understand that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has determined that
the evidence thus far does not support an association, we know that for
too many the issue is still not resolved. The exposure of American
children was unique -- it was 75 percent greater than their European
counterparts who are the focus of the majority of the epidemiological
research upon which the IOM relied...If the federal government is going
to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study
cannot be led by the CDC..." |
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| 4. |
Early Downward Trends in Neurodevelopmental
Disorders Following Removal of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines
Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
Spring 2006
Mark Geier, M.D., Ph.D. and David Geier |
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This
study appears to show a decline in the rate of autism and other
neurodevelopmental disorders following the reduction in the amount of
mercury received through vaccinations containing Thimerosal between
2001 and 2006. Excerpt: |
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"The
results indicate that the trends in newly diagnosed NDs
[neurodevelopmental disorders] correspond directly with the expansion
and subsequent contraction of the cumulative mercury dose to which
children were exposed from TCVs [Thimerosal containing vaccines]
through the U.S. immunization schedule." |
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