I found this article, but it was written in 2003. I wonder if this problem is a fact today.
http://www.clayforautism.com/mercurypoisoning.html?s=cfa&kw=autism+mercury+immunization&OVRAW=autism%20mercury%20immunization&OVKEY=autism%20mercury%20immunization&OVMTC=standard
2006-09-11 12:30:21 · 9 answers · asked by nightdude123 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Many of the studies have been flawed in my opinion. Too many from either side of the camp having too much of an interest or investment to get to any real science behind it. It helps to look from the perspective that autism is not a mental disorder, but an unrecognized/untreated medical disorder. The mental issues are a symptom of their medical issues. 1 out of 3 of people with ASD also have seizures. Many of these persons have high homocysteine levels which is cleared by the kidney. This is why MB12 injections or TMG has had a lot of success in increasing cognition. These things help clear homocysteine that the kidneys can no longer do very well. There is an autoimmune factor involved, possibly with the parietal cells as well. Mercury damages kidneys. Some people may have a genetic vunerability in their kidneys. The government says it's safe to put mercury in our teeth and inject it into our infants...but please be careful of the mercury in your tuna. There's consistency for you.
Here's a link to a study which shows damage done to vunerable mice given thimerosal:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/88/99936.htm
Whether or not it's definitive, how it seems like a good idea to mainline it into infants at any point in history is horrific. Oh yeah...unless it's the *safe* mercury, I guess.
As a mother of a child with ASD...I can tell you that she wouldn't have simply been unrecognized decades ago. How you could miss someone having seizures, flapping their hands, toewalking, rocking and so on? Would a child with these issues (and more) not stand out in a 3rd grade classroom? What if academically they surpassed their peers and had all those behaviors? Would they still just have been labeled MR back then?
There is likely a genetic component brought about by environmental insult. Whether or not it's mercury, will probably never be proven in a satisfactory manner.
A good book on the subject: "Evidence of Harm"
2006-09-12 10:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by here_nor_there 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not true. See the website link below for details, however, the "test results" from 2003 were skewed and were not based on true, scientific evidence. They were inconsistent and it's more likely that the findings were not from immunizations but merely physicians and parents being more aware that the condition exists than they were just a few years before.
2006-09-11 12:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by chicpower 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I thought that had been disproved. I did hear there was a positive link to the age of the father--over 40 more likelly to have autism.
2006-09-11 12:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The drug companies somehow managed to shed doubt on the vaccines being linked. Remember, it took 30 years to get the tobacco industry to admit smoking was dangerous.
2006-09-11 12:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no definitive link. But this was reported today in the daily news.
It is about a new study.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060909151231.htm
2006-09-11 12:35:27 · answer #5 · answered by starting over 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No legitimate study has found a link with mercury in vaccines and autism
2006-09-11 12:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by jonnyraven 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes, it is. They're taking the Mercury out of the shots, though.
2006-09-11 12:35:51 · answer #7 · answered by summerlover 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is a theory of on of the possible causes...However they have not found the actual cause
2006-09-11 12:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by Em W. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I take Pshycology and it's not true. Per my test books
2006-09-11 12:35:51 · answer #9 · answered by lv2bnpr 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋