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CDC
Vaccine Data Leads Scientists to Shocking Discovery
CHILDREN
27-TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AUTISM WITH EXPOSURE TO MERCURY- CONTAINING
VACCINES, FINDINGS REVIEWED AT TODAY'S IOM MEETING IN DC
Monday
February 9, 9:20 am ET
WASHINGTON
, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the
Institute
of
Medicine
will hold a one-day meeting to review important new research on the link
between thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in vaccines, and
neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. One of the larger studies under
review comes from the CDC's own Vaccine Safety Datalink. Under independent
investigation, CDC's
data concludes children are 27-times more likely to develop autism after
exposure to three thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCVs), than those who receive
thimerosal-free versions.
The findings are not only disturbing to government officials like U.S. Rep. Dave
Weldon, M.D. (R-FL), who is also scheduled to speak before the IOM panel, they
suggest autism via TCVs has
a higher relative risk than that between lung cancer and smoking, which
according to the American Cancer Society is only 22 for men and 11 for women.
"This absolutely confirms what parents have been saying for years,"
says Jo Pike, President, National Autism Association. Like Pike, thousands of
parents have reported sharp regressions in their children following a TCV and
many of those children have gone on to receive a label of autism. An easy
mistake to make since the symptoms of
autism and mercury poisoning are almost identical.
Dr.
Mark Geier is the lead investigator in the discovery. A medical doctor with a
Ph.D. in genetics, he, along with fellow researcher, David Geier, will discuss
their findings of the CDC data in front of an IOM panel. Among a host of other
physicians and researchers presenting will be Dr. Jeff Bradstreet. He will
discuss the results from his peer-reviewed study which concluded that urinary
mercury concentrations were six times higher in children with autism vs.
normal-age/vaccine-matched controls.
The
presentations will begin at 8:00 AM at The National Academy of Sciences,
Auditorium 2100 C Street NW. Dr. Mark Geier and David Geier are scheduled to
present their findings at 12:15 PM. Weldon speaks at 8:00. Bradstreet at
4:00
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For
an agenda, go to: http://www.iom.edu/event.asp?id=17047.
For
information about the National Autism Association, go to www.nationalautism.org.
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