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LETTER TO PARENTS AND PROSPECTIVE PARENTS IN REGARDS TO THE DANGER OF MERCURY IN VACCINES FOR INFANTS
It appears that we may have unwittingly harmed many infants with mercury in vaccines probably causing autism and other learning disabilities.
Please pass this onto others interested in protecting children.
Vaccine manufacturers started using an organic form of mercury called thimerosal as a preservative in vaccines in the 1930s. Mercury is very poisonous and the most powerful neurotoxin. Autism was first identified in children born after 1930. When vaccines became mandated in the 1980s in this country and many more children were vaccinated and at an earlier age
the rate of autism went up dramatically.
The rate of autism in England did not increase in the same fashion until the 1990s, but England did not
mandate vaccines until the 1990s. The rate of learning disabilities other than autism in this country has been skyrocketing and no one knows the
extent to which mercury in vaccines contributes.
(Read more at
http://www.altcorp.com/thimerosal.htm)
This is not to suggest that you not have your children vaccinated but rather you delay vaccines, have them given one at a time and give your child
supplemental vitamin C and plenty of water for several days thereafter.
Details are provided below including footnote references at the end. Please be sure to read the next section regarding suggestions and questions to discuss with your pediatrician. The amount of mercury in these vaccines is significant. A small child receives three vaccines at one time, as is often done, the amount of
mercury is at a dangerously high level. You would think the FDA would have required proof of safety but recent congressional hearings (July 18, 2000),
revealed that was not the case. After the hearings the Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform, Rep. Dan Burton, requested that the FDA ban
thimerosal (mercury) from vaccines but the FDA declined to do so.
DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR PEDIATRICIAN
The American Academy of Pediatricians has suggested that mercury be taken out of all vaccines for children, but at the same time has stated that the
amount of mercury contained in vaccines is insignificant and does not cause harm. Additionally the pediatricians deny that there has been an
increased rate in autism. As a parent you however are the one who gets to make the decisions about the timing of the vaccines which your baby or toddler
receives.
Suggested Questions for Your Doctor:
1.) Can you obtain the vaccines my child needs without any mercury (thimerosal) in them?
2.) If not, I want to know (1) how much thimerosal is going to be in the injection my child receives (2) is this a safe amount (3) as my child's Doctor, what level is unsafe.
The USEPA standard is 0.1 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day. This equates to 7.0 micrograms for the 70 kilogram (154 pound) adult. It was detailed that children could receive as much as 237.5 micrograms of mercury from vaccines, in doses of up to 25.0 micrograms. Thus, administration of a single vaccine to a child would greatly exceed the USEPA
adult standard.
3.) What are the risk and benefits of delaying for a few months?
4.) If you are telling me there is no risk, will you put that in writing and insure that my child will not be injured by these vaccines which you want to give.
A very thorough presentation of all the evidence and issues on both sides regarding mercury and vaccines can be found at:
http://www.altcorp.com/thimerosal.htm.
For those of you who do not have ready access to the Internet, some additional evidence is set out
below.
(It is suggested that you copy this entirely and show your pediatrician the statements and the references made hereafter.)
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON AUTISM AND MERCURY
We have long looked with ridicule and almost laughter speculating that the Roman Empire fell because they allowed their food and beverages to
be contaminated with lead causing mental problems among the people. We however, in the 21st century, continue to inject our babies with mercury which
is one-hundred times more neurotoxic than lead.
Manufacturers are being urged to reduce or eliminate thimerosal as a preservative in pediatric vaccines. The concern is that the cumulative
amount of mercury from thimerosal could exceed safe limits in infants. Currently, infants get up to twelve shots in their first six months. One way to reduce thimerosal exposure is to delay hepatitis B vaccination from birth, until two to six months but ONLY if the mother is negative for hepatitis B.
Use thimerosal-free vaccines when possible.
A growing number of parents of autistic children think that autism is caused by mercury in vaccines! This was the topic of the hearing conducted by the Government Reform Committee of the US House of Representatives on 18 July 2000.
The hearing was entitled "Mercury in Medicine - Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?" The thrust of the committee was on the use of mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines. Testimony was provided by parents of
autistic children, physicians and scientists. The information presented was overwhelming!
One physician provided documentation on her treatment of autistic children with mercury chelators. The treatment resulted in a marked
improvement in the symptoms of autism and a large provoked increase in urine mercury. Other witnesses provided documentation on the appearance of autism
following vaccinations concerning thimerosal. Others detailed the amount of mercury (thimerosal) received from vaccinations, which far exceeded existing
mercury exposure standards (for adults).
It was also pointed out that prior to 1970, the prevalence of autism was one in 2000; in 1970 it was one in 1000; in 1996 the NIH estimated it to be
one in 500; in 2000, the prevalence of autism is now estimated as one in 150.
Parallels were drawn between vaccine thimerosal and autism. Evaluation of the amount of mercury eliminated in the urine from a series of administrations of a mercury chelator is intriguing. A significant
portion of the known dose of vaccine mercury was eliminated. With the knowledge that mercury is very difficult to eliminate from the body, especially from
the central nervous system, this would not be expected. This information suggests a preexisting burden of mercury prior to vaccination.
There are several organizations dedicated to the investigation of autism. These include Cure Autism Now (CAN), Defeat Autism Now (DAN), and the Autism
Research Institute (ARI). All of these seem convinced that mercury is a cause, if not the primary cause of autism.
ARI [www.autism.com/ari] has provided a 70-page document entitled "Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning." This document details the correlation's between autism and mercury poisoning, symptom by
symptom.
Twenty-two of these pages are published scientific references, establishing the connection between mercury and autism. The Synopsis states: "The
parallels between the two diseases are so thorough as to suggest, based on total Hg injected into US children, that many cases of autism are a form of
mercury poisoning."
In the section Diagnosing Mercury Poisoning in Autism, the document states:
1) Observation of impairments in many but not all of the following domains: (a) movement/motor disorder, (b) sensory abnormalities, (c)psychological and behavioral disturbances, (d) neurological and cognitive deficits, (e) impairments in language, hearing, and vision and (f)miscellaneous physical presentations such as rashes and unusual reflexes.
2) Known exposure to Hg (a) at a level that has been documented as causing impairment in similar individuals under similar circumstances, and
(b) at approximately the same time as the symptoms emerge, with allowances given for the latency period. It should be noted that the dose which is considered "toxic" vs. "safe" is unresolved among toxicologists; some researchers feel that any amount of exposure is "unsafe."
3) Detectable levels of mercury in urine, blood, or hair. Importantly because mercury can clear from biological samples before the patient feels
symptoms or is tested, the lack of detectable mercury is not cause for ruling out mercury poisoning; and conversely, detectable levels have been observed
in unaffected individuals.
4) Improvement in symptoms after chelation. While many patients' symptoms resolve with chelation, some clearly poisoned individuals do not improve. Other exposed subjects have also been known to improve without intervention.
This final point is interesting. Already, positive results from the chelation of mercury for the treatment of autism have been found. All autism
groups agree that a genetic factor is involved, as it is with most pathological conditions. Moreover, it is possible that a preexisting body burden of mercury (as from the mercury fillings of mothers) could predispose
a child to adverse effects from vaccine mercury.
Mercury is the most toxic of the heavy metals, more toxic than cadmium, lead, or arsenic. Elemental mercury is among the hazardous chemicals listed
by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. A recent joint "national alert" published by both (the ATSDR and EPA) warns that "short-term or long-term
exposures to metallic mercury can lead to serious health problems."
Asthma and Vaccinations: Dr. Michel Odent, the respected British obstetrician and researcher, made an accidental discovery during some research into the effects of breastfeeding. Working at the Primal Health
Research Center in New London, Dr. Odent observed that of the 450 children in his study, 11% of the children who had received the pertussis vaccination suffered from asthma, as compared with only 2% of the children who had not been vaccinated. Although the number of subjects is small, the asthma rate was five times higher in the vaccinated children.
Dr. Odent commented: "I am amazed by our lack of knowledge and still more by our lack of concern about the possible long-term side effects of vaccinations. It would take a century to evaluate the effects of the
large number of vaccinations given to infants." The debate over vaccinations often centers around the immediate, obvious reactions. The real question--the
question that is being ignored--is the long-term effect of wholesale vaccination on the immune system and on the gene pool. (by Gene A Franks -
http://www.pwgazette.com/asthma.htm
For additional Scientifically proven facts about mercury (as used in dental fillings) go to:
http://www.algonet.se/~leif/FUSCIFCT.html
Bob
Robert E. Reeves
167 West Main St., Suite 1310
Lexington, KY 40507
859-226-0700, Fax-0711
