Figures
released from the California Department of Development documented a 273%
increase in autism
from 1987 to 1998 that is a rate of six new children a
day seven days a week. Since 1988, autism is up a staggering 571%
in Florida. In
Scotland, on average three children a week, every week for the past 11
years, have been diagnosed as autistic. A once rare condition is now common. Another recent
news item stated that ADHD
has increased from 900,000 in 1991 to five
million today. These statistics are mirrored in England.
Researchers are calling for
a radical new definition of autism in the wake of evidence presented here
that autism is in fact an autoimmune disease, rather than a mental handicap.
This was the consensus among doctors at the forefront of research into the
physiological complications that affect many children with autism and autism
spectrum problems. They presented their findings at the second International
Medical Conference on Autism held in Quebec City in April. No longer can
the condition just be considered a psychiatric or neurological disorder,
they argued. Autism had to be seen as a systemic illness that has
gastrointestinal, immunological, endocrinological, psychological and
neurological complications.
Dr. Jeff
Bradstreet, a pediatrician and medical director of the International
Autism Research Center in Palm Bay, Fla., said virtually all children
diagnosed with autism also have some other significant abnormal function.
He believes that
is why the term "autism" is misleading and should be replaced with a
phrase that better describes the child's physical condition. "Autism is
a psychiatric term," he said. "I consider 'toxic encephalopathy' a better
description because it implies that there is something we can do if we
detoxify the individuals.” Dr. Bradstreet's research center specializes
in treating children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by investigating
their underlying or coexisting physiological condition and treating that
with a combination of conventional drug therapy and nutritional
supplementation. The aim is to treat the underlying condition, and
also to detoxify and strengthen the immune system. In cases where the
immunological vulnerability or toxicity can be identified, and then
responds to treatment, children show a marked improvement in their
ability to relate to others, as well as in their academic performance, he
said.
Evidence presented at the
conference by physicians researching the physical symptoms of autism should
change the way doctors understand and treat children suffering from the
disorder. They now believe that autism is triggered by an environmental
insult or toxicity that damages the immature and fragile immune system of a
fetus, infant or very young child. This causes the immune system to react
against body organs. The result is a condition that has a multi system
effect, not just on a patient's neurological system. Most frequently, it is
the gastro intestinal system or "second brain" that shows symptoms. Many of
the children also have a long history of susceptibility to infections and
experience hormonal imbalance, such as Hyperthyroidism and early puberty.
Some children even display coagulation and circulatory disorders.
In this interview this father JB Handley understands the problem and helps explain it
in a way that is extremely clear. Please take a minute and
watch it.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than 150 parents of
autistic children launched a new nonprofit organization, Generation
Rescue, today with a full-page advertisement in USA Today bearing a
stunning message: autism is preventable and reversible. Generation Rescue
parents are
successfully treating their children biomedically and removing mercury
from their bodies through a safe and proven detoxification treatment
known as chelation therapy.
The organization's Web site,
<http://www.GenerationRescue.org>http://www.GenerationRescue.org,
provides treatment information and connects parents with more than 150
"Rescue Angels," parents who are successfully treating their own autistic
children using a variety of biomedical interventions individualized for
each child. Also announced was the availability of 1,000 parents around
the country to talk to media about the reversal of autism in their
children.
"Our message for parents is very simple: autism is reversible," said J.B.
Handley, one of the organization's founding parents and father of a son
diagnosed with autism. "I see every day with my own eyes how my son Jamie
is recovering from what was previously perceived as an untreatable
disorder. With the removal of mercury, Jamie's autistic symptoms go away.
He got a second chance at life, and we want to let other parents who are
struggling out there know it's possible to get their children back."
Charlie Hoover's 7-year-old son Lenny of Royal Palm, Florida, suffered
the classic symptoms of autism - spinning in circles, repetitive
behaviors and tantrums. "After Lenny's diagnosis, the more I read, the
more the knot in my stomach tightened," said Hoover. "It was as if our
son had died."
But after chelation
therapy rid Lenny's body of mercury, his symptoms
disappeared. Lenny, who loves to play T-ball, is now enrolled in regular
kindergarten. "If your child got lead poisoning from eating paint chips,
you would certainly do something about that," Hoover said. "What's the
difference between mercury and lead?" The Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) estimates that more than 1 in 166 children are diagnosed with
autism, up from 1 in 2,500 since the 1970s. According to the CDC, autism
is a life-long disorder that is not treatable.
Here is an email that I found really tells the truth.
OK, folks, here's a quiz for all you autism eggheads out there:
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics website, what is the
incidence rate for autism in the United States? (Never mind that the
American Psychiatric Association, the outfit defines "autism," says the
number is 1 in 2000)
A) 1 in 500
B) 1 in 333
C) 1 in 166
D) All the above
And the answer is....
If you said "A", you're correct, the AAP says on their website that the
autism incidence rate (including other ASDs) is 1 in 500.
See: http://www.aap.org/policy/autism.html
If you said "B" good for you! This is a correct answer too! One in a
thousand for full-blown autism and 2 in a thousand for the lower-octane
derivatives.
See:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;107/5/1221
If you said "C" well. that's right too! There is a dead link, however, to a
document that came out a few months ago called Autism A.L.A.R.M., remember
that one? It said the autism rate was 1 in 166. But you can't find this one
on the AAP website anymore. It has also disappeared as far as I can tell
from the websites of the other entities that sponsored the document: our
good buddies at CDC, USDHHS, Medical Home Initiatives and First Signs.Hmmm.
I wonder why.
Copies of Autism A.L.A.R.M. are still floating around the net. The text is
below. I particularly like the "L" for listen to parents, there's a novel
thought. No wonder they pulled it.
http://www.helpautismnow.com/PDFS/AutismAlarm.pdf
SO the real correct answer is "D"!
Just another example of the crackerjack job those dedicated and hardworking
MDs at the AAP are doing to assure you that you should trust them with
blind, unquestioning confidence. After twenty years of skyrocketing gains
they still can't figure out what's going on. But they know better than us,
so who are you to question them?
This has got to stop. And only we can stop it.
Power of Parents
Washington, DC
Stop the Mercury. Stop the Lies.
AUtism A.L.A.R.M text below:
Autism is prevalent
• 1 out of 6 children are diagnosed with a developmental disorder and/or
behavioral problem
• 1 in 166 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder
• Developmental disorders have subtle signs and may be easily missed
Listen to parents
• Early signs of autism are often present before 18 months
• Parents usually DO have concerns that something is wrong
• Parents generally DO give accurate and quality information
• When parents do not spontaneously raise concerns, ask if they have any
Act early
• Make screening and surveillance an important part of your practice (as
endorsed by the AAP)
• Know the subtle differences between typical and atypical development
• Learn to recognize red flags
• Use validated screening tools and identify problems early
• Improve the quality of life for children and their families through early
and appropriate intervention
Refer
• To Early Intervention or a local school program (do not wait for a
diagnosis)
• To an autism specialist, or team of specialists, immediately for a
definitive diagnosis
• To audiology and rule out a hearing impairment
• To local community resources for help and family support
Monitor
• Schedule a follow-up appointment to discuss concerns more thoroughly
• Look for other features known to be associated with autism
• Educate parents and provide them with up-to-date information
• Advocate for families with local early intervention programs, schools,
respite care agencies, and insurance companies
• Continue surveillance and watch for additional or late signs of autism
and/or other developmental disorders
For More Information: www.medicalhomeinfo.org
"For years we have heard the experts say that autism is a lifelong
disability. This simply is not true anymore, thanks to effective
biomedical treatments that can restore many, if not a majority, of
autistic children to full recovery," said Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.,
Director of the Autism Research Institute and co- founder of Defeat
Autism Now! (DAN!), a network of doctors throughout the country who treat
autistic patients. "Thousands of formerly autistic patients have shed
their autistic symptoms. They now relate normally to their families and
to other children. The hand-flapping is gone. The tantrums are gone. Most
of these children who used to be lost in their own worlds are now
indistinguishable from other children."
The Autism Research Institute has nearly 1,000 parents nationwide who are
available for media interviews about their successful biomedical
treatment of their autistic children with DAN! doctors (contact <mailto:media@AutismResearchInstitute.com>
media@AutismResearchInstitute.com).
"Our DAN! doctors determine what each individual child needs, then use
safe biomedical interventions to heal that child. Many DAN! Doctors
report excellent results from using chelation to rid the body of mercury
and other toxic metals," said Dr. Rimland.
Recent studies and investigations have indicated that mercury may be
behind the autism epidemic. Mercury, the second most toxic element after
plutonium, is estimated to be 500 to 1,000 times more toxic than lead.
The heavy metal burrows deep into the cells of the brain and other organs
and can lead to serious central nervous system damage and crippling
neurological disorders. Scientific evidence pointing to mercury poisoning
as the cause behind rising autism rates has led many medical doctors to
remove the toxin from the bodies of autistic children through chelation.
"The symptoms of early infant mercury poisoning and autism are virtually
identical," said Dr. Boyd Haley, chairman of the chemistry department at
the University of Kentucky. "Furthermore, research indicates that
autistic children genetically have a harder time excreting mercury from
their bodies. This is why chelation has become such a powerful key for
unlocking and undoing the disorders associated with autism."
Chelation has been used for decades to detoxify people of dangerous
levels of heavy metals, due to industrial accidents or other causes.
According to the CDC, 60,000 Americans underwent some form of chelation
last year, and the therapy is currently under clinical trial with heart
disease patients.
In autism treatments, chelating "agents" may be administered orally or
transdermally (through the skin). Once in the bloodstream, the chelating
agent binds to heavy metals and helps remove them from the body.
"Chelation is one of the most effective ways to rid autistic children of
the mercury poisoning which is at the root of their disorder," said Lynne
Mielke, M.D., a Pleasanton, California physician, who is part of the DAN!
network. "The medical establishment already endorses chelation for acute
metal toxicity disorders, and the number of doctors who realize
chelation's benefits for the chronic metal toxicity found in autism is
rapidly growing."
Parents are also eager to help fellow parents navigate the road to
treatment for their autistic children. The Generation Rescue Web site,
<http://www.GenerationRescue.org
Contacts for more than 150 volunteer "Rescue Angels," who Handley calls
the "heart and soul" of Generation Rescue. "We're parents who want to
help other parents caught in the nightmare of autism find hope and
recovery for their kids," said Handley, who added that the organization
is completely founded, funded and run by parents. "Too often parents
believe the outdated myth that autism is not treatable or reversible.
We're here to tell them otherwise."
Biomedical treatments for autism require the support of a specialized
healthcare provider who can tailor treatment to the individual needs of a
child. While chelation therapy shows great promise, there are many
biomedical treatments being used to heal autistic children.
To view the ad, visit:
<http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/052505.pdf>
http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/052505.pdf
About Generation Rescue
Generation Rescue is a nonprofit organization formed by parents of
children diagnosed with autism and other development disorders. Through
thorough research, medical consultation and the use of pioneering new
medical treatments, the founding parents of Generation Rescue have seen
tremendous improvements in their autistic children-including complete
recoveries. Generation Rescue's mission is to provide parents the
information and support to understand the cause of autism and treatment
options. The Web site,
http://www.GenerationRescue.org>www.GenerationRescue.org, gives parents
the background to make informed decisions about treatment and connects
them with "Rescue Angels," parents of autistic children who voluntarily
provide support and guidance on treatment options and providers.
Generation Rescue is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit founded in 2005.
About the Autism Research Institute (ARI)
Established in 1967 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, the San Diego- based
nonprofit is world headquarters for research and information on autism
and related disorders, and the center of a rapidly growing movement that
holds that autism can be treated effectively through intensive behavior
modification
and a variety of individualized biomedical treatments. ARI maintains the
world's largest databank of autistic individuals with over 37,000
detailed case histories of autistic children from 60 countries, and is a
major source of information on the epidemic and its causes. ARI also
helped develop the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) project to train physicians
and healthcare professionals on successful treatment of autism. ARI is a
501 (c) (3). For more information, contact 619-281-7165 or visit
<http://www.AutismResearchInstitute.com>http://www.AutismResearchInstitute.com.
Click here for a link to a one hour press conference (audio), and a
full-page ad in the Wednesday, May 25th, 2005 edition of USA Today
:
http://www.generationrescue.org/mediacenter.html
Next this video is priceless. Please watch this.
http://www.autism-recoveredchildren.com
Here is another story of hope...
www.reversingautism.net
If you need a good doctor in Florida try Dr. Julie Buckley
www.firstcoastnews.com/video/player.aspx?aid=87986&bw .
Boyd Haley gives us an idea what is going on when you chelate in this
synopsis.
I will try to explain my
research regarding heavy metal toxicity and EDTA. First, all heavy metals
at some concentration are toxic to tubulin polymerization. However,
mercury is the one that is toxic at the very lowest levels and the one that
has easy access to the central nervous system. So now lets state some
experimental facts.
1. EDTA in excess will totally
prevent the heavy metal toxicity of Cd2+, Pb2+, Cu2+ and likely all other
heavy metals humans are likely exposed to with the EXCEPTION of Hg2+.
Prechelation of Hg2+ with excess EDTA makes it more toxic to tubulin
polymerization in vitro, that is it takes less Hg2+-EDTA complex to
inhibit 50% of the tubulin than Hg2+ alone. Therefore, the statement that
Hg2+-EDTA complex is more toxic than Hg2+ alone.
2. The toxicity of Hg2+ is synergistically increased by the
presence of other heavy metals such as Pb2+, Cu2+, Ag2+, Zn2+, etc. It has
been published by several others besides myself that this occurs. For
example, an LD-1 of Pb2+ added to an LD-1 of Hg2+ gave a solution with an
LD-100. If it were additive, it would have been and LD-2 solution. Now
consider what would happen if you added EDTA to this mixture of Pb2+ and
Hg2+. The EDTA would chelate the Pb2+ removing its synergistic toxicity
which is major. Also, the EDTA could make the Hg2+ more toxic. However,
the increase in Hg2+ toxicity caused by EDTA would be much less than the
decrease in toxicity caused by removal of the Pb2+ by EDTA. Therefore,
even though I know that EDTA cannot be expected to pull Hg2+ off of protein
thiol groups (a covalent bond) it could reduce the "effective toxicity" of
Hg2+ by removing Pb2+, Cd2+ etc. freeing up reduced glutathione to bind and
remove Hg2+. Note, in 'chelation therapy" the situation is this. The
Hg2+ that has been in the body for some time is likely already bound
covalently to protein and will not be made more toxic by EDTA----neither
will it be removed by EDTA. The other heavy metals do not form covalent
bonds and can be more easily bound and removed by EDTA. This removal of
other toxic metals would make it easier for the body to detox Hg2+ if help
is given to remove other toxic heavy metals. The danger comes with
circulating Hg2+ that is being newly introduced to the body from amalgams
or other sources, or the Hg2+ that is in foods also containing EDTA (a
common additive).
Sincerely, Boyd Haley
Boyd E. Haley 859-257-7082
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
There are other ways to recover children besides chelation. Every child is
different and not all children respond the same.
Take a look at this explanation how thimerosal has contributed to the autism
epidemic by Dr Deth a
Professor of Pharmacology at Northeastern University
1. Thiol (sulfur) metabolism is widely recognized as the primary target of
mercury (i.e. Thimerosal) neurotoxicity.
2. Autistic children exhibit profound abnormalities in thiol metabolites.
3. Concentrations of thimerosal produced by vaccination inhibit methylation
activity of the enzyme methionine synthase.
4. Autistic children exhibit impaired methylation activity.
5. Thiol metabolism plays a key role in inflammation and oxidative stress
(e.g. maintaining glutathione levels).
6. Autistic children exhibit neuroinflammation and oxidative stress (Vargas
et al. Ann Neurol. 2005 Jan;57(1):67-81)
7. Mercury and other heavy metals cause neuroinflammation (e.g. activation
of microglia).
8. Thimerosal causes significantly greater accumulation of inorganic mercury
in the brain than does methylmercury. (Burbacher et al. Environ Health
Perspect. 2005 Aug;113(8):1015-21)
Ergo, there is indeed substantial scientific evidence of a link between
Thimerosal and autism.
Furthermore, and more importantly:
Treatment of autistic children with regimens that:
1. Remove heavy metals (e.g. chelation)
2. Augment levels of glutathione (e.g. GSH or N-acetylcysteine) 3. Support
methylation activity (e.g. methyl B12 (not just B12), folinic acid)
4. Reduce neuroinflammation (PPAR-acting agents)
....bring about clinical improvement in a large proportion of children with
autism. If you or anyone else would like to understand the link between
autism and Thimerosal, I suggest that you study autistic children. However,
when the debate about thimerosal’s role is put aside, it is the ability to
provide improvement in the lives of autistic children that really matters.
Wonderful comment from a dedicated Mom:
Our son was dx'd with severe to moderate Autism in 11/04. Today he is in
'regular camp'. I didn't even tell the teachers. I did tell them several
weeks into camp and they said 'no way'. 'He's just a normal kid to us'. We
first did the diet GF/CF/SF, then supplements - pro-biotics/colostrum/CLO,
etc. We also did Secretin monthly, as well as Rectal DMPS and IV DMPS with
Vit C, Glutathione for just about a year weekly, as well as nebulized
glutathione and glutathione lotion and MB12 shots. We also did ABA/Speech
and OT. That is it. You can talk to me offline if you like
lbfl1971@yahoo.com. Don't give up, they are worth the work!!
Another fantastic Mom!
Today I received an invitation from Dr. Steve Edelson and Dr. Rimland
to participate in the Recovered Kids parent panel they are setting up for
the DAN conference in Seattle in October. They are doing a parent panel on
Saturday night, but they are also doing individual interviews on film
throughout the conference and are putting together a documentary video. I do
not yet know if they are still doing the line-up of kids as they have in the
past, but I am excited either way. It has caused me to reflect on how very
far we have come in the 5+ years since our devastating diagnosis. We
received the diagnosis in the Spring of 2001, a few months prior to the
disaster of 9/11 which is my mother's birthday. I remember distinctly
my feelings after 9/11, it was profound anger. Not at the act of the day but
at the irony of the situation. All the attention on the victims, the
monetary compensation for them being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I
wondered where the attention for our kids was. They weren't all struck at
once by an airplane, but they were devastated by this train wreck called
Autism. What I was going through felt like terrorism. I remember the fear
that was discussed by everyone afterward and I scoffed at the fear. Why, I
thought would I fear a terrorism attack? Well, because they might injure
someone I loved. Oh yah, that has already happened. My daughter had reacted
to her vaccines and was never the same, three months later my niece reacted
to the same round of vaccines but she didn't become autistic because she
died. I had lost my husband, a niece, and nearly my daughter and no one
batted an eye. I remember telling my
parents, the terrorists are not MY enemy, as the historic statement goes, "I
have seen the enemy and it is us". I feared my own government and still do,
far more than any potential terrorist. I fear their mandated poisons, I fear
them taking my child while accusing me of being the one that is
experimenting on my daughter's health, taking no responsibility themselves.
I remember five years ago finding no help from any quarter besides fellow
parents trying to catch up to that same speeding train of typical peers that
we wanted to catch.
The sad part is I haven't seen that change much at all in five years.
Many relatives just didn't get it. My community had nothing to offer except
for an Early Intervention program offering 20 minutes of speech a week and
tying children in chairs because they didn't understand the basics of
behavior modification that would have allowed them to 'teach' an autistic
child how to 'sit at circle time'. Local non-profits claimed I made too much
money or simply that my child was not quite 'disabled enough'. Our
pediatricians group turned us away as they knew they had done the damage and
I had gone outside their circle to get a diagnosis. It didn't matter anyway
because my insurance company dropped us the day after the diagnosis. There
seemed to be nowhere to turn other than the internet, which was our savior,
our library, our companion, our support, our information, but more than
anything it was HOPE. That which we could find nowhere else, we found from
other families willing to share what had helped
their children and help us to do the same. By joining my state FEAT
organization, Unlocking Autism, GFCF Kids, Autism-Mercury group, I found
that people were healing their children and we embarked on this very long
and difficult journey. I remember looking up phone numbers of book authors
on Yahoo people search and simply picking up the phone and calling them. I
would have never done that before the diagnosis, now I was an unstoppable
force, and one to be reckoned with. They all talked to me by the way.
I remember 1,000s of tears, shouts of joy and celebration. I remember
first words, first sentences, first realizations, first time she realized we
don't all share the same thoughts and experiences, first time she
anticipated someone else's emotional reaction to an event yet to occur. I
remember crying when she did typical things that other parents wouldn't give
a 2nd thought, but they are things I once thought she would never do. I
remember our first discussion of the cutest boy in school and we giggled
together and I kept my emotion and joy in check. I remember formal programs
to teach her what Who, What, When, Where, and Why meant. I remember that
first box of 350 picture cards and just teaching what those few items were,
then later features, functions, and classes. I remember my life turning
upside down and our house stripped of all Gluten and Casein and knowing it
was worth it when the light in her eyes came back to us. I remember getting
up every four hours to administer DMSA and ALA, and then countering that
with trying to slip supplements into every drink and food I could sneak it
into. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year our entire life
revolved around treatments, around saving the only child I would ever have.
I remember my brother deciding to treat his own cancer after learning what
had been done to our children and he outlived their '6 months to live'
scenario by over 5 years and he got to see his niece declared 90% recovered
from Autism and on her way to 100%. I remember mentoring new families though
I am not always the best match for some families. I'm often too blunt, too
in your face, too kick you in the butt and get moving because you don't have
time to grieve, or feel sorry for yourself. I also remember the first time I
felt 'lucky' despite having a child with Autism. My daughter had started out
with a severe diagnosis, she spent her time rocking, flapping, banging her
head on the floor, coffee table, concrete sidewalks, anything near by.
She pulled tufts of her own hair out in anger or would bite herself
until she drew blood. She would have literally 100s of meltdowns every day.
But with the diet, chelation, and ABA therapy we at one point made up 1 1/2
years in 6 months. That is why I was lucky. Somehow my daughter was not
damaged to the point of no-return. I didn't have any medical support, no
professional help for the diet or chelation I was on my own, and I didn't
have the best ABA program, it was all family and volunteers. Yet my child
was the miracle in the works. I felt so lucky that my child was on this path
to recovery. I might have helped her along, but I didn't do as much as other
parents I know were doing, but it was my child making huge advances. It was
her abilities coming out, her personality, her sense of humor, breaking free
from the binds that held them. I remember wondering what recovery really
looks like. I met some families who had recovered children and most were
100% indistinguishable from their peers but there were some that still had
their quirks and oddities. The one thing they all had in common is no memory
prior to recovery. One teenage girl still goes in her room sometimes to talk
to herself. One boy his mother said he still flapped his hands off and on
for the next couple years but it slowly faded away. I often think my
daughter's biggest issue is going to be naiveté'. I worry that she will go
along with anything. We will see and I may have to take extra care. But I
will take it any day compared to the gloom and doom of our original
predicament and prognosis. But I will also never leave the fight to save all
our children and I will never stop trying to prevent the damage to future
generations. I will also never stop 'paying it forward' to help new families
as others did for me. Dr. Yazbak, Judi Converse, Dr. McCandless, members of
the groups I mentioned above all played a part in helping me to recover my
child, and emotional support when times were good or bad. We cannot stop the
fight until every single family gets to experience what we have. We have to
know why kids like my daughter recover and other kids with $100,000.00 a
year programs do not. We have to know why there are a few kids out there
with autism who never received a vaccine in their life and what is their
connection to the epidemic. Because this epidemic will in the long run be
10x more devastating than 9/11 though I hate to compare one misery to
another. My dream beyond my daughter's success and happiness in life is that
our government admits that they were the plane in our own 9/11, and they
drove that plane into our children with as much knowledge, forethought,
malice, and callousness as the terrorist pilots on 9/11/2001. I don't hold
out much hope for that portion of my dream. But despite our differences it
is our huge Autism family that will help make that dream come true. We can
never stop demanding the truth. And whether we are Democrats or Republicans,
Christians or Jews, ABA proponents or Biomedical, we all deserve to see what
the true potential of our children was before the damage was done. That is
our true goal no matter what else drives us. Memory Lane is a sad and happy
place to be, all at the same time. But I wouldn't change the path I took one
iota, I only wish I could have done it without the fear, the fear of the
government and medical complex terrorists than not only did the damage but
then tried to stop us from fixing it.
Kendra Pettengill
Take a look at this study it seems to validate the conclusion autism is
heavy metal toxicity.
Mercury, Lead, and Zinc in Baby Teeth of Children with Autism
Versus Controls
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a778482653~db=all~order=page
Authors: James B. Adams ; Jane Romdalvik ; V. M. Sadagopa Ramanujam ; Marvin
S. Legator
Affiliations: a Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University.
Tempe, Arizona. USA b Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health,
University of Texas Medical
Branch. Galveston, Texas. USA
DOI: 10.1080/15287390601172080
Publication Frequency: 24 issues per year
Published in: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, Volume 70,
Issue 12
January 2007 , pages 1046 - 1051
Subjects: Environmental & Ecological Toxicology; Environmental Health; Formats
available: HTML (English) : PDF (English)
Abstract
This study determined the level of mercury, lead, and zinc in baby teeth of
children with autism spectrum disorder (n = 15, age 6.1 ± 2.2 yr) and typically
developing children (n = 11, age = 7 ± 1.7 yr). Children with autism had
significantly (2.1-fold) higher levels of mercury but similar levels of lead and
similar levels of zinc. Children with autism also had significantly higher usage
of oral antibiotics during their first 12 mo of life, and possibly higher
usage of oral antibiotics during their first 36 mo of life. Baby teeth are a
good measure of cumulative exposure to toxic metals during fetal development and
early infancy, so this study suggests that children with autism had a higher
body burden of mercury during fetal/infant development. Antibiotic use is known
to almost completely inhibit excretion of mercury in rats due to alteration of
gut flora. Thus, higher use of oral antiobiotics in the children with autism may
have reduced their ability to excrete mercury, and hence may partially explain
the higher level in baby teeth. Higher usage of oral antibiotics in infancy may
also partially explain the high incidence of chronic
gastrointestinal problems in individuals with autism.
Here is another study that shows the connection between autism and vaccines.
SICK MONKEYS: RESEARCH LINKS VACCINE LOAD, AUTISM SIGNS
BY DAN OLMSTED
05/16/2008
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/05/sick-monkeys-st.html
The first research project to examine effects of the total vaccine load
received by children in the 1990s has found autism-like signs and symptoms
in infant monkeys vaccinated the same way. The study's principal
investigator, Laura Hewitson from the University of Pittsburgh, reports
developmental delays, behavior problems and brain changes in macaque monkeys
that mimic "certain neurological abnormalities of autism."
The findings are being reported Friday and Saturday at a major international
autism conference in London.
Although couched in scientific language, Hewitson's findings are explosive.
They suggest, for the first time, that our closest animal cousins develop
characteristics of autism when subjected to the same immunizations – such as
the MMR shot -- and vaccine formulations – such as the mercury preservative
thimerosal -- that American children received when autism diagnoses exploded
in the 1990s.
The first publicly reported results of this research project come in both
oral and poster presentations on Friday and Saturday at the International
Meeting For Autism Research in London. Poster presentations must go through
a form of peer review before they are presented at the conference; the
papers have not yet appeared in a scientific journal.
In addition to Hewitson's oral presentation today, on Saturday in one of two
related poster presentations, the researchers also are reporting in their
abstract that "vaccinated animals exhibited progressively severe chronic
active inflammation [in gastrointestinal tissue] whereas unexposed animals
did not. We have found many significant differences in the GI tissue gene
expression profiles between vaccinated and unvaccinated animals." Numerous
scientific studies, as well as many parents, report severe GI ailments in
children with regressive autism.
The results are sure to be controversial, in part because they lend credence
to studies first published in 1998 by British pediatric gastroenterologist
Andrew Wakefield, one of Hewitson's co-authors on these findings. He
described an unusual inflammatory bowel condition in children who had
regressed into autism after they received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccination. Wakefield is currently fighting charges of medical misconduct
in Britain over allegations of conflict-of-interest and improper procedures
related to that paper. He denies the charges.
In the program for the conference, the 7th Annual International Meeting for
Autism Research (IMFAR), there are three separate presentations listed that
report results from the overall research program. The first, an oral
presentation entitled "Pediatric Vaccines Influence Primate Behavior, and
Amygdala Growth and Opioid Ligand Binding" (the "amygdala abstract") was led
by Dr. Hewitson and lists 12 co-authors, including five of her colleagues
from the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Wakefield. Other authors are
chemists, pathologists and psychologists from the universities of Kentucky,
California-Irvine, and Washington.
Hewitson's introductory presentation will be followed by two poster
presentations on Saturday; one of the two, "Pediatric Vaccines Influence
Primate Behavior, and Brain Stem Volume and Opioid Ligand Binding", was led
by Wakefield and includes six additional co-authors.
It focuses on the developmental effect of vaccine exposures on brain growth
during infancy. The second, "Microarray Analysis of GI Tissue in a Macaque
Model of the Effects of Infant Vaccination," was led by Steven Walker of
Wake Forest University and performed gene array analysis on the intestinal
tissues of the vaccinated and unvaccinated monkeys.
The studies address – albeit in animals, not children -- one of the major
criticisms by parents and scientists concerned about a possible link between
the greatly stepped-up immunization schedule in the 1990s, including higher
exposure to the mercury preservative, and autism. While the Food and Drug
Administration approves individual vaccines as safe and effective, and an
advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recommends the childhood immunization schedule adopted by the states, the
overall health outcomes from the total vaccine load, versus no vaccinations
at all, have never been compared, the authors said.
A bill requiring the government to conduct a study of autism rates in
unvaccinated American children is pending in the U.S. House of
Representatives, co-sponsored by Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Tom
Osborne (R.-Neb.). Just this week, former National Institutes of Health
Director Bernadine Healy called for more research into a possible vaccine
link to autism and said the question had not been settled, despite repeated
assertions to that effect by the CDC, the Institute of Medicine and the
American Academy of Pediatrics.
In the abstract for today's oral presentation, the authors noted that
macaques, the type of monkey used in the study, "are commonly used in
pre-clinical vaccine safety testing, but the combined childhood vaccine
regimen, rather than individual vaccines, has not been studied. Childhood
vaccines are a possible causal factor in autism, and abnormal behaviors and
anomalous amygdala growth are potentially inter-related features of this
condition."
The study found evidence of both behavioral and biological changes after the
13 macaque monkey infants were administered proportional doses, adjusted for
age, of the vaccines recommended between 1994 and 1999. Three monkeys were
not given any vaccines.
"Primate development, cognition and social behavior were assessed for both
vaccinated and unvaccinated infants using standardized tests developed at
the Washington National Primate Research Center." MRI and PET scans looked
for brain changes after administration of the MMR.
"Compared with unexposed animals, significant neurodevelopmental deficits
were evident for exposed animals in survival reflexes, tests of color
discrimination and reversal, and learning sets," the authors reported.
"Differences in behaviors were observed between exposed and unexposed
animals and within the exposed group before and after MMR vaccination.
Compared with unexposed animals, exposed animals showed attenuation of
amygdala growth and differences in the amygdala binding of
[11C]diprenorphine. Interaction models identified significant associations
between specific aberrant social and non-social behaviors, isotope binding,
and vaccine exposure."
One of the Saturday abstracts makes the further point that the research
"revealed significant differences between exposed and unexposed animals" in
the kinds of developmental behaviors a mother might be able to observe,
"with delayed acquisition of root, suck, clasp hand, and clasp foot
reflexes." They conclude by noting that "This animal model examines the
neurological consequences of the childhood vaccine regimen, Functional and …
brainstem anomalies were evident in vaccinated animals that may be relevant
to some aspects of autism. The findings raise important safety issues while
providing a potential animal model for examining aspects of causation and
disease pathogenesis in acquired neurodevelopmental disorders."
--
Dan Olmsted is Editor of Age of Autism.
Take a look at what
Bernadine Healy M.D. had to say about vaccines
Fighting the Autism-Vaccine War
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2008/04/10/fighting-the-autism-vaccine-war.html
By Bernadine Healy M.D.
Posted April 10, 2008
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2008/04/10/fighting-the-autism-vaccine-war.html
One of the most vitriolic debates in medical history is just beginning to
have its day in court—vaccine court, that is. Without laying blame, the
independent Office of Special Masters of the Court of Federal Claims—with a
20-year record of handling vaccine matters—recently conceded that the brain
damage and autistic behavior of Hannah Poling stemmed from her exposure as a
toddler to five vaccinations on one day in July 2000. Two days later, she
was overtaken by a high fever and an encephalopathy that deteriorated into
autistic behavior. Even though autism has a strong genetic basis, and she
has a coexisting rare mitochondrial disorder, I would not be too quick to
dismiss Hannah as an anomaly.
At some level, the decision was a vindication for families who have been
battling with the vaccine community, arguing that some poorly understood
reaction to components of vaccines or their mercury-based preservative,
thimerosal, could cause brain injury. Yes, vaccines are extraordinarily safe
and bring huge public health benefit. (Remember the 1950s polio epidemics?)
But vaccine experts tend to look at the population as a whole, not at
individual patients. And population studies are not granular enough to
detect individual metabolic, genetic, or immunological variation that might
make some children under certain circumstances susceptible to neurological
complications after vaccination.
A trigger? Families are not alone in searching for a trigger that might
explain why autism and autism spectrum disorders have skyrocketed; now they
reportedly affect about 1 in 150 kids. No doubt some of the increase is
soft, due to broader diagnostic criteria, greater awareness, and—now that
the notion of a detached "refrigerator" mom as a cause has blessedly fallen
by the wayside—greater openness. But the rise of this disorder, which shows
up before age 3, happens to coincide with the increased number and type of
vaccine shots in the first few years of life. So as a trigger, vaccines
carry a ring of both historical and biological plausibility.
Go back 40 or 50 years. The medical literature is replete with reports of
neurological reactions to vaccines, such as mood changes, seizures, brain
inflammation, and swelling. Several hundred cases of the paralytic illness
Guillain-Barré after the swine flu vaccine were blamed on the government and
gave Gerald Ford heartburn—but eventually led to the vaccine court.
Pediatricians were concerned enough about mercury, which is known to cause
neurological damage in developing infant and fetal brains, that they
mobilized to have thimerosal removed from childhood vaccines by 2002. Their
concern was not autism but the lunacy of injecting mercury into little kids
through mandated vaccines that together exceeded mercury safety guidelines
designed for adults. But as in all things vaccine, this move too was
contentious. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
World Health Organization remain unconvinced that thimerosal puts young
children at risk.
There is no evidence that removal of thimerosal from vaccines has lowered
autism rates. But autism numbers are not precise, so I would say that
considerably more research is still needed on some provocative findings.
After all, thimerosal crosses the placenta, and pregnant women are advised
to get flu shots, which often contain it. Studies in mice suggest that
genetic variation influences brain sensitivity to the toxic effects of
mercury. And a primate study designed to mimic vaccination in infants
reported in 2005 that thimerosal may clear from the blood in a matter of
days but leaves inorganic mercury behind in the brain.
The debate roils on—even about research. The Institute of Medicine in its
last report on vaccines and autism in 2004 said that more research on the
vaccine question is counterproductive: Finding a susceptibility to this risk
in some infants would call into question the universal vaccination strategy
that is a bedrock of immunization programs and could lead to widespread
rejection of vaccines. The IOM concluded that efforts to find a link between
vaccines and autism "must be balanced against the broader benefit of the
current vaccine program for all children."
Wow. Medicine has moved ahead only because doctors, researchers, and yes,
families, have openly challenged even the most sacred medical dogma. At the
risk of incurring the wrath of some of my dearest colleagues, I say thank
goodness for the vaccine court.
One thing I have noticed about autistic kids is some of them have a ghostly
white appearance. I came across a few websites I will share with you.
http://www.ultimate-cosmetics.com/beauty/articles/white-asian-skin-against-tanning.htm
Pale
skin has had an exciting evolution. Greek and Roman women used to do
anything possible to whiten their face skin; the whiter their face skin was,
the more beautiful they were considered. Sun tanning was out of the
question. By using lead paints and chalks women put themselves in great
danger because that ancient beauty treatment could cause death by slow
poisoning. It was only too late when this was discovered.
According to Asian dermatologists, the danger comes from
mercury. If safety allowance limits are exceeded, mercury (the best known
whitening agent) may cause death. Unfortunately, some products include high
doses of mercury, which are damaging to the central nervous system and the
kidneys, and especially to the development of the brain in a fetus or a
child.
Here is another website:http://www.abcdlady.com/2005-07/art6.php
In early January, a woman in New York used a skin
lightening cream that caused mercury poisoning. The product, purchased from
the Dominican Republic, contained large amounts of mercury. “While the FDA
limit for mercury is 1 part per million (ppm), the tested sample contained
more than 6,000 ppm of mercury,” stated a press release from the New York
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Mayor's Office of
Immigrant Affairs.
The product is called Recetas de la Farmacia - Crema Blanqueadora (Recipes
of the Pharmacy - Whitening Cream). Many imported creams do not list mercury
as an ingredient, if they list any ingredients at all. Mercury exposure can
cause a host of problems such as damage to the brain, kidneys and nervous
system, as well as skin rashes and irritation when found in a topical cream.
Mercury can also cause birth defects, such as brain damage and malformations
in the fetus due to poisoning, the release stated. The release also cited
the following products as containing mercury: Recetas de la Farmacia Normal
- Crema Blanqueadora, Miss Key Crema Blanqueadora, Santa Cream, Dermaline
Skin Cream and Jabon Germicida.
And another:http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/13/asia.whitening/
In what may be the biggest toxic cream outbreak ever,
1,262 people flocked to a hotline set up by Hong Kong's health department
last week, after warnings that two whitener creams -- Rosedew and La Rose
Blanche -- had mercury levels between 9,000 and 65,000 times the recommended
dose. In December 2000, Lam and Prince of Wales Hospital doctor Michael Chan
tested 36 creams made by cosmetic makers across the world. They found eight
creams exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety limits for
mercury. All eight brands came from China or Taiwan, prompting Lam to
predict this could be "the tip of the iceberg" because the creams have been
available for several years and widely used. When Lam phoned one Chinese
supplier, he was told: "What is wrong with a little mercury in the cream, as
long as it can make ladies beautiful."
While mercury was considered a strong and effective
whitening agent ten to twenty years ago, in high doses it is lethal. It is
so toxic and dangerous that when workers used mercury to make felt hats in
the 1800s, the psychiatric changes it triggered, led observers to call them
as "mad-as-a-hatter." "Mercury is very harmful to the central nervous system
and kidney, particularly the developing brain of a fetus and young child "
says Lam.
"It can lead to convulsions, coma and death." Used as a
skin bleacher for years, it was only when a smattering of toxic cream cases
broke out during the 1990s in Australia, America and Saudi Arabia that
mercury was put under the spotlight, sparking calls to boost labeling and
purity requirements. "The more effective it is, the less safe it is, and
with a strong product the reaction will be expected to be more," says Dr.
Wendy Wong Hok-wai, a Hong Kong dermatologist.
And another:http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/14/asia.mercury/index.html
(CNN) -- Creams with mercury are unsafe. Heavy
metals such as mercury can enter the body and stay on as a poison, affecting
the bones, nervous tissue, and blood-forming system.
Along with sight or hearing loss and hand tremors, high
doses of mercury can trigger personality changes, anxiety, irritability,
insomnia, general fatigue, memory loss progressing to cerebral palsy, and
potentially fatal kidney failure. Mercury, particularly organic mercury, can
infiltrate the placenta and harm an unborn child. Because mercury is
eliminated from the body through urine and faeces, persons who have not used
the cream for six months or more are unlikely to have higher-than-normal
mercury levels. The acceptable dosage of mercury, as specified by China's "Hygienic
Standards for Cosmetics", is one part per million (1 ppm).
One more:http://www.addistribune.com/Archives/2005/07/08-07-05/Medical%20Trut1.htm
Dr. Hans-Martin Hirt, a pharmacist, has been working in the Congo for
several years. He mainly disapproves of the application of 'lightening'
soaps and creams in this West African country...
Therefore
Hirt demands urgently that at least all soaps containing mercury should be
prohibited in Africa. In the following you will find a few of the most
important side-effects caused by mercury in soaps:
1. Mercury penetrates the skin and chronically poisons the whole body: A
woman who regularly uses such a soap (which unfortunately happens very often
in the Congo) will have 400 times as much mercury in her body than a woman
not using it.
2. What is even worse: mercury penetrates into the brain and can therefore
damage the intelligence.
3. Mercury penetrates as well into the placenta, oxidizes and will then be
deposited into the brain of the embryo. 3 months after birth, one child
still had a concentration of mercury in his urine which was 140 times higher
than normal - and this child had never been washed with soap containing
mercury, only his mother had used it!
4. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now published a report which is
entitled: "Inorganic mercury in the environment and its effects on mankind"
It describes that "the chronical supply of mercury can provoke psychotic
reactions such as delirium, hallucinations and a deposition for suicide".
5. Further more trembling of the limbs, kindly syndromes and contact derma
tides can occur.
Since
1977, the WHO has been appealing to Governments all over the world not to
allow the use of mercury soaps. In Germany, such products have been banned
from the market since 1975. Even in England it is not possible to buy them,
not even in a pharmacy - but the British cosmetics industry produce exactly
this kind of soap and export them to Western Africa or sell licenses for
fabrication e.g. to Kinshasa.
If mercury is used a skin whitener, maybe this is why
mercury poisoned (autistic) kids are so pale.
Here are a few studies that address the mercury/autism
connection.
Comparison of Blood and Brain Mercury Levels in Infant
Monkeys Exposed to Methylmercury or Vaccines Containing Thimerosal.
Environmental Health Perspectives, Aug 2005 Thomas Burbacher, PhD
[University of Washington] - showed that ethyl mercury, the kind of mercury
found in thimerosal, not only ends up in the brain, but leaves double the
amount of inorganic mercury as methyl mercury, the kind of mercury found in
fish.
Thimerosal Neurotoxicity is Associated with Glutathione Depletion:
Protection with Glutathione Precursors. Neurotoxicology, Jan 2005. S. Jill
James, PhD [University of Arkansas] -demonstrated that Thimerosal lowers or
inhibits the body's ability to produce Glutathione, an antioxidant and the
body's primary cellular-level defense against mercury.
Large Brains in Autism: The Challenge of Pervasive Abnormality.
The Neuroscientist, Volume 11, Number 5, 2005. Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
[Harvard University] - discussed neuroinflammation and how it appears to be
present in autistic brain tissue, suggesting that chronic disease or an
external environmental source (like heavy metals) may be causing the
inflammation.
National Autism Prevalence Trends From United States Special Education Data.
Pediatrics, March 2005. Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD [Johns Hopkins University]
- demonstrated that the rise in the incidence of autism is real and that the
greatest increase took place between 1987 and 1992, which matches the timing
of the near-tripling of Thimerosal in pediatric vaccines.
Evidence Of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical
Controversy, 2005 David Kirby, St. Martin's Press - "“A riveting new book
that examines this controversial but biologically plausible link, Evidence
of Harm lines up the known evidence while telling the stories of a handful
of determined parents forced to become their own detectives. You'll get
eye-opening glimpses into the trenches where once normally developing kids
slip into the shuttered world of autism and where their parents refuse to be
bounced off the walls of seemingly impenetrable bureaucracies. Highly
recommended."- Knight Ridder Newspapers.
And now for some comic relief....
Raining Pianos: A Short Course on Anecdotal Evidence
By Lenny Schafer, 2003
Patient: Doctor, my son has this terrible headache. He's dizzy and he's been
fainting a lot. He says his arm is numb.
Dr. Steinway: What happened?
Patient: We were walking down the street and a piano fell on his head.
Dr. Steinway: I see. Mmmm. Anything else happen at the time that might have
caused this?
Patient: What do you mean, "anything else?" A PIANO FELL ON HIS HEAD!
Dr. Steinway: Perhaps, but that's only a temporal coincidence. Several
epidemiological studies done by eminent scientists have failed to find a
connection between pianos and concussions. The cause could
be any number of environmental factors. Kids get bumped by stuff all the
time. Not all get concussions. Maybe your child has a genetically
predisposed soft skull. Any family history of concussions? Munchausen by
Proxy? Hypochondria?
Patient: But I was there! I saw it falling from the second story of a piano
factory! I couldn't get him out of the way fast enough and he caught a piece
of the candelabra. If it's not the piano, what else could it possibly be?
Dr. Steinway: Hysteria, guilt. What you're telling me is called "anecdotal
evidence". Such evidence can be either evaluated for further research, or
completely dismissed as useless without even looking at it, depending on the
interests or bias of the researchers. The important thing is that it isn't
pianos . . .hey wait, where are you going, we're not through. . .
Patient: I'm going to look for care somewhere else, and to see a lawyer to
sue the piano company. . . and maybe even you.
Dr. Steinway: [to himself] Uh huh, lawyers. I thought someone might have put
her up to this. Lawyers. . .taking advantage of ignorant hysterics looking
for something to blame for their woes. . . The problem's not pianos, the
problem is lack of tort reform. . .she wouldn't even let her kid have one of
our complimentary "We're Silly for Eli Lilly" clinic balloons.
Legal
document on vaccine injury
(reproduced courtesy of
http://www.alternative-medicine-newsletter.info) and this website
http://www.silentbetrayal.com/articles/mercury.htm
AUTISM - " NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"
Autism has hit epidemic levels with no end in sight. The President has
failed to address this National Tragedy. WHY?
There are 25 facts that will leave the American people asking questions. New
Book Titled, Mercury: The Winged Messenger presents these 25 facts and
others...
Fact # 1 Mercury is one of the most poisonous substances known to medical
science.
Fact # 2 Thimerosal, is a chemical that was used as a preservative in
children's vaccines that was intentionally added to the vaccines to increase
profits by way of multi dose bottles that were given to millions of our
children.
Fact # 3 Thimerosal is 49.6% MERCURY, a proven and deadly neuro-toxin that
causes permanent brain damage. The Material Safety Data Sheet (M.S.D.S.)
confirms toxicity fears.
Fact # 4 Hundreds of Thousands of children received as much as 40 times the
safe level for mercury exposure as established by the Environmental
Protection Agency (E.P.A.) from the thimerosal that was used in the
vaccines.
Fact # 5 The pharmaceutical industry stocks exploded in value from 1986 to
1999. This was the direct result of federal mandates requiring vaccines for
all school children.
Fact # 6 There has been over 700 waivers of the conflict of interest rule by
the F.D.A., C.D.C., and the N.I.H regarding paid consultancy from the drug
industry. Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana has called this a "VIOLATION OF
THE PUBLICS TRUST".
Fact # 7 Former President Bush (41) was appointed to the Eli Lilly board of
directors and lobbied for additional tax breaks until the Supreme Court
itself told him to stop.
Fact # 8 Former Vice President Quayle's family controlled Eli Lilly during
that time frame. As a result of Bush's appointment to the Eli Lilly Board of
Directors, it is suspected that Dan Quayle was selected as the Vice
Presidential Candidate.
Fact # 9 Present and former Eli Lilly executives are now employed with the
current Bush Administration.
Fact # 10 The Current Administration has tried to insert an eleventh hour
Eli Lilly Rider provision in the Homeland Security Bill, that illegally
protected the drug industry at the expense of thousands of mercury poisoned
children.
Fact # 11 The current administration tried to "SEAL" CDC documents that
proved the danger to children from the thimerosal additive used in the
vaccines.
Fact # 12 The CDC tried to bury documented reports on thimerosal. They
deliberately marked public documents with the phrase "DO NOT COPY OR
RELEASE" This violated most consumer protection laws.
Fact # 13 The drug industry has paid consultants that tried to disprove the
relationship between autism and mercury poisoning from the multi doses of
thimerosal that was given to our children.
Fact # 14 The symptoms of mercury poisoning and that of autism are
IDENTICAL.
Fact # 15 The onset of "Autism" has exploded in the last 15 years to
epidemic levels.
Fact # 16 This onset occurred when the multi dose vaccines containing the
thimerosal was given to our children on multiple occasions during the first
two years of a childs life.
Fact # 17 The U.S. Government and state governments require ALL children to
have 21 mandated vaccines before being admitted to schools. Most of these
vaccines contained the Thimerosal / Mercury up to the year 2001. The current
flu vaccine still contains thimerosal.
Fact # 18 The pet vaccine industry took thimerosal out of pet vaccines over
ten years ago because of known risks to animals.
Fact # 19 Eli Lilly Company distorted information on the dangers of
thimerosal as early as 1930. This has been proven by internal Eli Lilly
documents and Congressional investigations by Congressman Burton's committee
on Government Reform.
Fact # 20 The U.S. Government has a three year statute of limitation vaccine
court of law, that has illegally protected the drug industry by way of
violating the U.S. Constitution. This court has and will dismiss law suits
because of this illegal three year statute...This in essence is obstruction
of justice and violates the Constitutional rights of these vaccine injured
children.
Fact # 21 Eli Lilly and other drug giants have contributed large sums of
money to the Republican political process.
Fact # 22 The drug industry never disclosed that their baby vaccine products
contained this dangerous mercury additive. Parents were never warned or
notified.
Fact # 23 Congressman Burton of Indiana has proposed bringing criminal
charges against those who are responsible for this national tragedy.
Fact # 24 There have been over 120,000 documented cases of "AUTISM" -
Mercury poisoning to our children. Another 250,000 cases are suspected.
These children will require care and support for the rest of their lives.
The costs to the parents will exceed $ 2 million dollars per injured child.
These are crimes against humanity. Children's lives have been destroyed.
Fact # 25 Majority leader Bill Frist has proposed a new law that again
illegally protects The pharmaceutical industry by way of violating the
Constitutional Rights of over 120,000 vaccine injured children. Title ll of
this proposed law is an atrocity. The rights of these children and that of
their parents MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.
This beautiful poem by Lacey Hellewell says it all....
Autism Boy
Before
Autism
by
Lacey Hellewell 13yrs old
His eyes are
lost
his heart is gone
covered in frost
is this song
His life is broken
and so is mine
nothing is spoken
it’s so unkind…
The shots that harmed him
could not be heard
yet they stole his future
After…
and
took all his words
I cry every night
I’m sure he would too
but through those blank eyes
there’s no life coming through
The fault is not his
for it’s a disease
God, won’t you help him please
one in one fifty is the statistic
now my poor brother is autistic
anacat_11@yahoo.com
Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:32 pm (PDT)
Okay, the stick-to-it dads didn't get any odes in the news, but every
important day needs its own calendar poetry. Hallmark won't be
calling me any time soon:
Autism Father's Day
He changed every diaper when they first came
For thirty days he'd watch us sleep
He shrugged when nurses gasped and said
"They're acting like the cat can speak"
When both children began to slip away
He thought it was just normal when
He vowed that he would crawl through hell
If it would bring them back again
He held the two close day and night
To keep them in their earthly forms
He gave up sleep for two long years
With small tordadoes in his arms
I've never seen him coveting
Someone else's normal life
To him it's just what father's do
He doesn't see the sacrifice
In those moments when I lose faith
And wonder how much is enough
He swears he'll never give up hope
He fans its flames for all of us
Though he's never raged against the crime
Which almost took our daughter and our son
You can't see the eyes of men like this
And think that justice won't be done
I couldn't help it since dh pushed to do the all-day/all-night detox
protocol on the weekend of his birthday.
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