Study linking autism, child vaccine retracted

JEEP

The Living Force
FOTCM Member
A new development that I'm not seeing on Sott yet or on Dr. Mercola's site as of yet, either. From the front page (although at the very bottom) of today's Columbus Dispatch:

'Study linking autism, child vaccine retracted'

This follows on a similar, smaller article appearing last Saturday, in the Nation & World section:

"London - Medical authorities blast vaccine-autism researcher"


Ironically, this short article was appearing together with various others including:

"Davos, Switzerland - Gates Foundation paying for vaccine development"

What makes this even more alarming is my young adult daughter just burst into the house saying she heard on the radio about the link between MMR vaccine and autism story being retracted. I should explain that my daughter is an adherent of charismatic Christianity and listens to a 'Christian' radio station. She was pretty much saying, 'Aha! You're full of it, mom. This proves what you've been saying is not true!' I can't tell you how glad I am that the Quaker college she attended had a strong Pentecostal presence on campus! But, I digress.

In trying to locate the original Wakefield article, I used Wakefield in the search function and only came up with this:

Black Swan said:
An open letter for the attention of David Salisbury from Alan Golding
_http://alan-golding.blogspot.com/
Amidst the latest attempts by the UK Department of Health to convince a skeptical population that MMR is completely safe, Professor David Salisbury urges people to look carefully at decisions made 15 years ago. Around 1993 in fact, and well before the notorious Wakefield et al Lancet paper brought deep rooted concerns to public attention in 1998.[...]

I know I have somewhere in my collection of saved info, a more recent article that verified the link with autism - I now don't think it was this paper from 1998. Does anyone have something like this that they could post and shouldn't Sott be all over this obvious countermeasure by Big Pharma to assure everyone that vaccines are totally safe, and oh, by the way, "Just get your damn shot!"
 
Here's the Dispatch story:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/02/03/lat_autism.ART_ART_02-03-10_A1_DDGG0VN.html?sid=101 said:
Study linking autism, child vaccine retracted

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 3:04 AM
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES -- Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal The Lancet purporting that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism, the journal formally retracted the paper yesterday.

The action came less than a week after the U.K. General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel concluded that Wakefield had provided false information in the report and acted with "callous disregard" for the children in the study. The council is considering whether Wakefield is guilty of serious professional misconduct. A positive finding could cause him to lose his medical practice.

Wakefield's study, conducted on only 12 children, concluded that the MMR vaccine was a primary cause of autism. He subsequently said that he could not, in good conscience, recommend that parents have their children vaccinated.

His words and actions led to a sharp drop in vaccination rates in Britain and the United States and a resurgence in measles. Despite subsequent studies that have refuted the link, vaccination rates have remained lower than they were before his report, and many parents remain concerned about the potential effects of the lifesaving vaccines.

"This will help to restore faith in this globally important vaccine and in the integrity of the scientific literature," Dr. Fiona Godlee, editor of the BMJ -- formerly the British Medical Journal -- said yesterday.

On Monday, Godlee had joined the chorus of scientists urging The Lancet to withdraw the paper.

The original report "was outrageous," said Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp of the Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. "Most of the authors asked for their names to be removed from the study. It's unfortunate that it undermined confidence in vaccines when in fact it wasn't true at all."

Wakefield now oversees the research program at Thoughtful House, a treatment center for children with developmental disorders, in Austin, Texas.

"The allegations against me and against my colleagues are both unfounded and unjust, and I invite anyone to examine the contents of these proceedings and come to their own conclusion," Wakefield said in a statement provided by Thoughtful House yesterday.

Information from Bloomberg News was included in this story.
 
Hmm this eerily seems like a psychological prep for forced vaccinations, to make them easier to "swallow" for people...
 
This thimerosal thing, the special courts set up by Bush for it in the US, and the actions of US Senator Bill Frist are a national shame of epic proportions IMHO. Here we get one Republican Senator elected, and the pharmies run amuck during the hype. This may simply be another sign of our total defeat in getting the US health care problem under control.
 
The related stories from last Saturday:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/01/30/Medical-authorities-blast-vaccine-autism-researcher.html said:
LONDON
Medical authorities blast vaccine-autism researcher


Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:53 AM

The British doctor whose suggestion of a link between the MMR shot and autism caused vaccination rates to plunge conducted his now-discredited research in a dishonest and irresponsible manner, British medical authorities have concluded.

It was the latest development in a long-running controversy. Measles has made a comeback among British children after being all but wiped out.

The General Medical Council, Britain's medical regulator, found that Andrew Wakefield acted unethically in the way he collected blood samples from children and in his failure to disclose payments from lawyers representing parents who believed the vaccine had hurt their children.

-- From wire reports

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/01/30/Gates-Foundation-paying-for-vaccine-development.html said:
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
Gates Foundation paying for vaccine development


Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:47 AM

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said yesterday.

Calling upon governments and business also to contribute, they said the money will produce higher immunization rates and is intended to make sure that 90 percent of children are immunized against dangerous diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia in poorer nations.

Gates said the commitment more than doubles the $4.5 billion the foundation has given to vaccine research

SAO said:
Hmm this eerily seems like a psychological prep for forced vaccinations, to make them easier to "swallow" for people...

Yes, and that's why I think it's imperative that all of us spring into action, not only on Sott, but blogs, facebook, and FOTCM! Of course, we need accurate info to use to refute. I'm still looking for the other article, but I have some other stuff that I will post here shortly. We need to stop putting up with this nonsense that's being perpetrated on us and FIGHT BACK! The pen is mightier than the sword!

Also, all these Dispatch articles online have a place for reader comments. I'm definitely going to be posting there! Unfortunately, they don't allow links to other websites (wouldn't want people to be too informed, after all), but, just so you'll know, my handle there is Sott4U. That's as close as I could get while telling people to search internet for alternate info. Maybe they can put 2 and 2 together!
 
Excerpted info from The Doctor Within (_http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/book12/sanctity-of-human-blood-vaccination-is-not-immunization.htm):

Excerpted quote by renowned author and pediatrician, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn ...

"There is no convincing scientific evidence that mass inoculations can be credited with eliminating any childhood disease. If immunizations were responsible for the disappearance of these diseases in the U.S., one must ask why they disappeared simultaneously in Europe, where mass immunizations did not take place."

...and Canadian physician, Dr. Guylaine Lanctot...

"The medical authorities keep lying. Vaccination has been a disaster on the immune system. It actually causes a lot of illnesses. We are actually changing our genetic code through vaccination...100 years from now we will know that the biggest crime against humanity was vaccines."

From the chapter: "The current number of vaccinations your child will receive by the time they are 18 years old is an astounding 68!" (This as of 2006 - even more now! And 36 of those vaccinations are given before the child turns 2!)

"That is one very large cash cow, expected to be a $25 billion dollar industry by the year 2010."

"Do you really think Big Pharma cares that your child is participating in untested experimental trials with some of the most dangerous biological substances ever devised?"

[...] Australian researcher Viera Scheibner, PhD, after investigating some 60,000 pages of medical literature on vaccination, states the following:

"Immunizations, including those practiced on babies, not only did not prevent any infectious diseases; they caused more suffering and more deaths than has any other human activity in the entire history of medical intervention."

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That's a pretty shocking statement! There is a lot of damning info in this material, but I thought the above might be good for starters in posting comments to other outlets.
 
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So who is Dr. Tim O' Shea?

_http://www.naturalmedicine.com/experts/tim-oshea/ said:
Dr Tim O’Shea

* Visit Dr O’Shea’s Website
* Ask the Expert
* Q&A

Dr O’Shea is a Dr. of Chiropractic with over 19 years of clinical experience. In his practice, Dr O’Shea provides a focus on holistic health which includes nutritional restructuring via his New West Diet.

Dr O’Shea is well known for his meticulously researched and uncompromising book on the risks and limitations of vaccines, THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN BLOOD: VACCINATION I$ NOT IMMUNIZATION. A must read for every new parent and parent to be.

Since 1998, Dr O’Shea has been teaching a full day seminar on vaccines and immunization in many cities of the US and UK. This seminar has CE accreditation in most states for DCs and NDs. Dr O’Shea’s current work also includes seminars to health professionals on nutrition.

In addition to his well known book on vaccines, Dr. O’Shea has written several books and numerous articles on nutrition and holistic health. Dr. O’Shea graduated from Life Chiropractic College, has practiced in Europe and traveled throughout the world studying holistic health practices.

In his own words, “The healthiest people in human history were groups who were geographically isolated from “civilization.” These people had no specialists, no HMOs, no prescription drugs, and no immense hospitals. They were never subverted with the idea that the responsibility for their own health lay outside themselves. Except in the cases of traumatic injury, for most of their lives they looked to the body’s inner wisdom, and trusted only that. And it worked – they had beautiful teeth, strong bones, and very little degenerative disease.”

Well, no dud, Leroy! How's anybody supposed to make billions unless that natural process is totally usurped and destroyed!!! :evil:
 
Funnily enough my aunt, who happens to work for a major pharma company, sent me this story this morning. I responded with:

Heh big pharma can pull big strings very easily. I'm not at all surprised, especially with this talk of mandatory H1N1 vaccines I was hearing a few months back. NY State actually mandated that their hospital workers be vaccinated, amid multiple safety concerns about the vaccine.

The fact that this article is making rounds on the web serves the pharmaceutical industry, and the power-elite very well. The swine flu vaccine is a case in point on how pharma makes its money - they create a demand and then supply the product.

Here's some relevant reading if you think this one retraction proves all vaccines 'safe'
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/201176-Thousands-of-Americans-died-from-H1N1-even-after-receiving-vaccine-shots
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/198966-Forced-Vaccinations-Government-and-the-Public-Interest
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197453-Canada-The-Killer-H1N1-Vaccine

When it comes to vaccines I'll pass. A healthy diet, a well thought out detox plan, avoiding chemicals, plastics, and a solid exercise regiment are all i need.

<3Brent

I feel like the best response is a gentle reminder that just because this one story got retracted, it doesn't mean 'all vaccines are safe' - which is how i feel the article is being used.
 
More on vaccines/vaccinations can be found in the other chapters of Dr. O'Shea's online material. Here's the list of chapters link: _http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/chapters/

The list itself:

A Normal Life
The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination i$ Not Immunization
Goodbye Swine Flu: Boutique Pandemic
Swine Flu: Global Pandemic or Just Makin’ Bacon?
Swine Flu Vaccine Oct 2009: Licensed and Untested
Feedback/Testimonials
The Last Resort
Enzymes: The Key to Longevity
The 60 Day Program
Genetically Modified Foods: a Short Introduction
The Doors of Perception
Journey to the Center of Your Colon
Allergies: The Threshold of Reactivity
Antioxidants
Collagen
Expel: 100% natural colon detox supplement
Flora – The Forgotten Component of Detox
Oral Chelation
The Psychology of Vaccine Injury Awareness
Human Papilloma Virus: The First Cancer Vaccine
Hepatitis A – Creating a Market for Another Superfluous Vaccine
To the Heart Patient
New West Diet
Pediatricians, Brain Fats, Formula, and Raw Milk: the Jig Is Up
Raw Milk
Minerals
Sugar: The Sweet Thief of Life
Water
Smallpox: Bringing a Dead Disease Back to Life
Autism 2005
Autism and Vaccines
Autism and Mercury
Every Woman Needs To Read This Chapter Now
ADD: A Designer Disease
Natural Whole Food Vitamins: Ascorbic Acid Is Not Vitamin C
The Post-Antibiotic Age
The Magic Bean
Parents of Unvaccinated Children
Chiropractic Aloft
The Chiropractic Position On Vaccines
To the Cancer Patient
Alternative Lite
New Agendas in American Dentistry
Avian Flu: The Pandemic That Will Never Be
Silicon Valley Syndrome
Animal Vaccines
They Shoot Horses But Vaccinate Dogs
Treatment of Equine Injuries with a Microlight Laser

Puck posted just as I was. Maybe you should have sent this link to your aunt, too:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/201916-Shocking-Stories-From-Pregnant-Women-Who-Have-Had-Miscarriages-After-Taking-The-Swine-Flu-Vaccine

All those pro-lifers out there ought to be more than a little concerned about this aspect of the H1N1 vaccine - it causes ABORTIONS!
 
Well, I just vomited info all over the comments of the vaccine/autism retraction story in the Dispatch. Not only the aforementioned stuff, but facts regarding vitamin C and D, the H1N1 as an abortion/miscarriage substance, how aspartame got approved, the dead microbiologists, and last, but not least, Pathocracy: Brave New World or 1984? A previous post had a live web link, so I peppered my post with them, too, including the last one. Guess the cat's out of the bag now as to what Sott4U stands for!

So now I just have to wait for the denials to begin. So far, no additional comments. The readers have either gone to bed or are still in shock!
 
Hey JEEP, speaking of people who work hard, thanks for all the work you've been doing on this thread. The focus on immunizations has died down a bit in the media, but I was reminded about this issue again when my wife told me that her co-worker had to take half a day off of work today to go get her toddler a Tuberculosis shot so that the daycare would admit him. Its really good to have all of these resources on hand!
 
Thanks Shijing for the thumbs up! As we are all too well aware, things are just getting hairier and hairier! We can no longer be even somewhat complacent - way too much is at stake! I thought I would copy here what I posted in comments in case anyone wants to use parts of it. For those who've never encountered this type of info, which I think is most MSM readers, it's got to be pretty startling! It was too long to post all together, so I broke it up into successive parts.

1st post:
Oh, yes. Vaccines are the answer to every illness and condition plaguing mankind ...or are they?
Quote by renowned author and pediatrician, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn ...

"There is no convincing scientific evidence that mass inoculations can be credited with eliminating any childhood disease. If immunizations were responsible for the disappearance of these diseases in the U.S., one must ask why they disappeared simultaneously in Europe, where mass immunizations did not take place."

...and Canadian physician, Dr. Guylaine Lanctot...

"The medical authorities keep lying. Vaccination has been a disaster on the immune system. It actually causes a lot of illnesses. We are actually changing our genetic code through vaccination...100 years from now we will know that the biggest crime against humanity was vaccines."

...and Australian researcher Viera Scheibner, PhD, after investigating some 60,000 pages of medical literature on vaccination, states the following:

"Immunizations, including those practiced on babies, not only did not prevent any infectious diseases; they caused more suffering and more deaths than has any other human activity in the entire history of medical intervention."

People, you just might want to keep these facts in mind:

"The current number of vaccinations your child will receive by the time they are 18 years old is an astounding 68!" (This as of 2006 - even more now! And 36 of those vaccinations are given before the child turns 2!)

"That is one very large cash cow, expected to be a $25 billion dollar industry by the year 2010."

"Do you really think Big Pharma cares that your child is participating in untested experimental trials with some of the most dangerous biological substances ever devised?"

All quotes and excerpts from the book of Dr. Tim O'Shea, THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN BLOOD: VACCINATION I$ NOT IMMUNIZATION. A must read for every new parent and parent to be...and everyone else for that matter.

The search tool that is the internet is a marvelous thing. You just might discover, "the rest of the story."

2nd post:
Funny thing, the Amish, who don't get vaccinations, have ZERO instances of autism. Only 3 cases have ever turned up, in 2, the child actually DID get vaccinated, and the 3rd, lived in an area of high mercury contamination.

For mind blowing info, see:
http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/chapters/

Also, if you think vaccines are so wonderful, you might want to ask why our government is pushing a vaccine that causes miscarriage/abortion? See:
Is The H1N1 Vaccine Safe? Shocking Stories From Pregnant Women Who Have Had Miscarriages After Taking The Swine Flu Vaccine
http://organichealthadviser.com/archives/shoc...

People, WAKE UP!!!

3rd post:
One more comment. As a child I had measles, mumps, German measles, and whooping cough. Yeah, I was sick for a while, BUT I didn't die and I sure as H__L did not get AUTISM! And I have been extremely healthy my whole adult life! No allergies and no asthma which seems to be epidemic as well. What has changed? Could it be all these vaccinations to our children? And now Big Pharma is pushing vaccinations for adults! Shingles, pneumonia, flu, swine flu, etc. Oh, did I mention I have never ever had the flu? And why has so many natural alternatives been either suppressed or villified by the medical establishment? For instance, high dose vitamin C:
"The medical literature has virtually ignored 75 years of physician reports and laboratory and clinical studies on successful high-dose vitamin C therapy.
[...]Dr. Jungeblut, Professor of Bacteriology at Columbia University, first published on vitamin C as prevention and treatment for polio, in 1935.
1. Also in 1935, Jungeblut showed that vitamin C inactivated diphtheria toxin
2. By 1937, Jungeblut demonstrated that ascorbate inactivated tetanus toxin.
3. Between 1943 and 1947, Dr. Klenner, a specialist in diseases of the chest, cured 41 cases of viral pneumonia with vitamin C. By 1946, Dr. McCormick showed how vitamin C prevents and also cures kidney stones; by 1957, how it fights cardiovascular disease. Beginning in the 1960s, Dr. Cathcart used large doses of vitamin C to treat pneumonia, hepatitis, and eventually AIDS. For more than three decades, beginning in 1975, Dr. Riordan and his team have successfully used large doses of intravenous vitamin C against cancer. The use of doses of tens of thousands of milligrams of vitamin C per day may be the most unacknowledged successful research in medicine."
Surprised? Vitamin C instead of expensive drugs, therapies, vaccinations? How's anybody gonna get rich doing that?!!!

4th post:
There's more!
Oh, yeah, the medical establishment is failing to mention the best defense against flu is...wait for it...VITAMIN D, vitamin D3 in fact. Check out Dr. Mercola's site if you doubt this fact:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/ar...
And if you think our government and Big Pharma just have our best interests in mind, this should prove otherwise:
_http://www.rense.com/general33/legal.htm
How Aspartame Became
Legal - The Timeline
What's that? Aspartame causes holes in the brain?
"January 10, 1977-- The FDA formally requests the U.S. Attorney's office to begin grand jury proceedings to investigate whether indictments should be filed against Searle for knowingly misrepresenting findings and "concealing material facts and making false statements" in aspartame safety tests. This is the first time in the FDA's history that they request a criminal investigation of a manufacturer."
"August 1, 1977-- The Bressler Report, compiled by FDA investigators and headed by Jerome Bressler, is released. The report finds that 98 of the 196 animals died during one of Searle's studies and weren't autopsied until later dates, in some cases over one year after death. Many other errors and inconsistencies are noted. For example, a rat was reported alive, then dead, then alive, then dead again; a mass, a uterine polyp, and ovarian neoplasms were found in animals but not reported or diagnosed in Searle's reports."
"December 8, 1977-- U.S. Attorney Skinner's withdrawal and resignation stalls the Searle grand jury investigation for so long that the statue of limitations on the aspartame charges runs out. The grand jury investigation is dropped."
Hmm, I think I smell a rat.
"January 1981-- Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of Searle, states in a sales meeting that he is going to make a big push to get aspartame approved within the year. Rumsfeld says he will use his political pull in Washington, rather than scientific means, to make sure it gets approved."
Donald Rumsfeld? Now I know I smell a rat!! End of Part 1 - see next post

5th post:
Part 2 - the approval of aspartame

"January 21, 1981-- Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President of the United States. Reagan's transition team, which includes Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of G. D. Searle, hand picks Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. to be the new FDA Commissioner."
"May 19, 1981-- Three of six in-house FDA scientists who were responsible for reviewing the brain tumor issues, Dr. Robert Condon, Dr. Satya Dubey, and Dr. Douglas Park, advise against approval of NutraSweet, stating on the record that the Searle tests are unreliable and not adequate to determine the safety of aspartame."
"July 15, 1981-- In one of his first official acts, Dr. Arthur Hayes Jr., the new FDA commissioner, overrules the Public Board of Inquiry, ignores the recommendations of his own internal FDA team and approves NutraSweet for dry products. Hayes says that aspartame has been shown to be safe for its' proposed uses and says few compounds have withstood such detailed testing and repeated close scrutiny."
"July 1, 1983-- The National Soft Drink Association (NSDA) urges the FDA to delay approval of aspartame for carbonated beverages pending further testing because aspartame is very unstable in liquid form. When liquid aspartame is stored in temperatures above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, it breaks down into DKP and formaldehyde, both of which are known toxins."
Hmm...all that diet soda sitting in the sun/heat for our Gulf war soldiers. Hmm...Gulf war syndrome. Hmm.
"September, 1983-- FDA Commissioner Hayes resigns under a cloud of controversy about his taking unauthorized rides aboard a General Foods jet.(General foods is a major customer of NutraSweet) Burson-Marsteller, Searle's public relation firm (which also represented several of NutraSweet's major users), immediately hires Hayes as senior scientific consultant."
"Fall 1983-- The first carbonated beverages containing aspartame are sold for public consumption."
So, did aspartame suddenly become safe to consume? I think not!
But what about all those scientist and scientific studies proving that food additives and vaccines, etc. are safe? Well, you might want to read this:
The mysterious deaths of top microbiologists
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/dea...
STILL haven't figured it out? Try reading this:
Pathocracy: Brave New World or 1984?
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/202259-Path... -
Yeah. It's all there...for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

Oh, the replies are starting to roll in, mostly that Dr. Mercola has been outed by Quackwatch and given warnings by the FDA. Why am I not surprised!

Mod's note: Edited to deactivate the rense's link which is a cointelpro link. Have a look at those threads here and here
 
Found the article I was looking for at NaturalNews:

_http://www.naturalnews.com/026953_thimerosal_autism_mercury.html

Study Proves Link Between Thimerosal and Autism Neurotoxicity
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 by: Aaron Turpen, citizen journalist

(NaturalNews) In a study just published, a causal connection between Thimerosal, the preservative often used in vaccines, and the brain pathology found in patients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has been established. The study, A Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Impaired Oxidative-Reduction Activity, Degeneration, and Death in Human Neuronal and Fetal Cells Induced by Low-Level Exposure to Thimerosal and Other Metal Compounds was published in the June 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Toxicology & Environmental Toxicology.1

In the study, it was found that the amounts of Thimerosal found in inoculations commonly given to infants in the 1990s and still in use today (though more limited) induced levels of cellular toxicity. This cellular damage was consistent with that found in studies of patients diagnosed with ASD.

Both studies found significant mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced cellular oxidative-reduction activity, cell degeneration, and cell death being tied to ASD. All of these contribute significantly to ASD diagnosis and are also often attributed to other childhood and early development maladies.

Here at Natural News, of course, readers are likely well aware of the links between Thimerosal and autism. Until now, those links have mostly been implied and inferred through anecdotal evidence and court cases. Nevertheless, the link between mercury, Thimerosal and childhood autism rates has been exhaustively covered here.2

Now, conclusive scientific evidence that cannot be ignored has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. This gives those of us concerned with the issue more ammunition to use in forcing lawmakers to acknowledge the link and for pharmaceutical companies who've been pushing their wares on us to become accountable for it.

This study also showed that Thimerosal is much more toxic than other metal compounds included in the study and commonly found in vaccines. Other compounds studied included aluminum sulfate, methylmercury hydroxide (often blamed for autism), lead acetate, and mercuric chloride. This study does not take those compounds off the hook, of course, but does show that Thimerosal is significantly more toxic than even methylmercury.

The explanation for that higher toxicity lies in the fact that Thimerosal is not naturally-based, but manufactured.

First created in the 1920s as a stronger replacement for alkylmercury compound, it's biological transport and intracellular delivery properties were enhanced. The study shows that, in comparison to methylmercury hydroxide, Thimerosal has three distinct toxicity-enhancers:

1. Higher aqueous solubility - the ability to dissolve in water.

2. Higher solubility in cell membranes - the ability to dissolve in cell membranes.

3. Higher intracellular toxicity - the ability to inactivate essential cell processes.



The study was done by CoMeD, Inc. (a non-profit) through a grant from the Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education Foundation and the non-profit Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc. Attribution was also given to the Genetic Centers of America.

CoMeD, Inc. and BHARE recommend parents and health care providers have children with ASD diagnosis tested by urinary porphyrin profile analysis (UPPA). More information is available at CoMeD's website Mercury-freeDrugs.org, including free information on ordering UPPA tests as well as papers validating those tests.

Resources:
1 - A Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Impaired Oxidative-Reduction Activity, Degeneration, and Death in Human Neuronal and Fetal Cells Induced by Low-Level Exposure to Thimerosal and Other Metal Compounds http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/co...

2 - Natural News "Thimerosal" articles: http://www.naturalnews.com/GoogleSe...

3 - Press Release from CoMeD on study: http://mercury-freedrugs.org/docs/0...

I did post the above to the Dispatch comments that at least 'gets it out there'. It will be attacked relentlessly by others posting comments, no doubt.

Oh, and maybe Alex Jones and Rense are like the bible - 70% bad, 30% good. :P Thanks for catching that slip!
 
Note that the study was retracted on ethical, not on scientific, grounds. Lancet motivated its retraction by the fact that Wakefield was paid by a lawyer representing a groups of parents of autistic children, and that proper procedures weren't followed in obtaining consent of participants and the ethical approval for the study.

Although his results have not been replicated, it is normal and should be a cause for for scientific debate and more studies. It is also common for research articles to have errors in methodology and improper interpretation of the results (this is just one respective survey: \\\http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005738 ). However, it is exceedingly rare for an article to be retracted on such basis.

Yet, if the research journals begin to cite conflict of interests for all the studies they received, then most of them will be out. Especially the pharma studies of vaccines and drugs that are paid for by the manufacturer. There are plenty of examples when only positive results are published (///http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=01&year=2009&base_name=when_you_cant_trust_drug_compa), or when results are later shown to be insignificant, disproven, or addtional concerns raised (anti-cholesterol drugs, "purple pill", Meridia, etc). But I don't see anyone retracting those studies and penalizing the researchers by stripping them of their licenses and regalia.

The worst is that now many people view this as the final nail in the vaccine debate, and think that the matter is closed. Can't be farther from the truth.
 
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