Over the last decade, autism has gone from a rare and misunderstood condition to a disorder that may affect as many as 1.5 million Americans. Without a clear explanation in sight, parents and doctors have worked tirelessly to pinpoint the cause of autism, but the answer remains elusive. Are vaccines the missing link?
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No Link Between Mercury and Autism
- From Montreal Childrens Hospital
By Montreal Children's Hospital at MUHC - McGill University Health Centre
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Parents treating mercury poisoning are proof there is a correlation
Thousands of parents who have been treating their autistic children for mercury poisoning have witnessed first hand that their autistic behaviors decrease as a result. Many children are able to be completely recovered as a result. This is not a coincidence.
Setting up studies to prove there is NO link will do just that.
Why is it that you are so afraid to contact the parents of recovered children to find out what worked for their child and then do a study for that?
When all you do is refute time and time again what we have all witnessed first hand, it really does not help any of us to believe your intentions of finding out the truth or helping our children are sincere.
- recoveringnicholas July 25, 2008 12:26PM
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I completely agree - we too are treating our son and already we have noticed the lights beginning to illuminate.
- bubs August 31, 2008 2:36AM
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Looking for something where it is not!
Measuring blood and hair for mercury is representative of the same thing. The type of mercury most people are concerned with is ethylmercury from vaccines. This type of mercury rapidly clears the blood and is distributed immediatley to the brain. It would not show up in the blood unless it was tested within days of exposure. Doesn't Dr. Fombonne knows this? Maybe this is why psychiatrists should leave toxicological studies to toxicologists and/or chemists. Doesn't McGill University employ either? Also, shouldn't it be disclosed that Dr. Fombonne appears regularly as an expert witness for the vaccine industry?
- MikeWag
July 28, 2008 1:11PM
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Dr. Fombonne's Conflict of Interest
Dr. Eric Fombonne was present at the June, 2000 Vaccine Safety Data Study when Dr. Verstreaten announced increases in serious neurological disorders associated with vaccination. Fombonne did nothing to stop the conference members from conspiring to continue poisoning children then. Why would he do anything to help children now?
Dr. Fombonne also has numerous financial conflicts of interest in his work for vaccine makers. Apparently, he thought this fact not important enough to merit mention here.
What are doctors willing to do in order to approve their vaccines? Ask Dr. Bruce Ivins. He terrorized a country, murdered five and sickened many more to drive up demand for his anthrax vaccine.
- tmaxredalia
August 12, 2008 4:13PM
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Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated
Why doesn't Dr. Fommbonne do a study of this. It seems so straight forwaard. There are thousands of children that can be matched on both sides and then we will have some real science.
- mef August 30, 2008 10:57AM
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The studies are lacking
It is interesting that these studies which are done on children with autism conclude that they have no higher levels of mercury in their bodies than other children. What they have not addressed that is so much more important - is how their bodies react and process not only the mercury, but the high levels of other foreign matter entering their immature bloodstreams in such large quantities. With every other disease and disorder, we study how the brain reacts and how the organs and nervous system react; what other factors, weaknesses and predispositions exist in the person.
What these studies have done is similar to comparing a person who has been drinking and an alcoholic, and finding that they both have the same levels of alcohol in their blood. So what? It is how the body and brain process what enters them that really matters.
- LifeGarden
October 2, 2009 3:15AM
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“With every other disease and disorder, we study how the brain reacts and how the organs and nervous system react; what other factors, weaknesses and predispositions exist in the person.”
In a sense yes, however when you are attempting to determine if a given substance is causing a disorder you look at everyone… not just those suffering from the disorder. If vaccines cause autism then there should be a correlation between vaccination and autism. However the rates of autism are not statistically higher when you compare those vaccinated and those not vaccinated… this indicates that it is not the vaccination that are the causative element.
“What these studies have done is similar to comparing a person who has been drinking and an alcoholic, and finding that they both have the same levels of alcohol in their blood. So what? It is how the body and brain process what enters them that really matters.”
Actually it is more like comparing the rate of alcoholism among those who drink gin and those who drink whisky.
- MrBook
October 3, 2009 11:53PM
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