An interesting read and one written by a lawyer to sound very sinister.
However, I still insist upon good science. Statistical association is
not causation. I can easily explain the CDC's apparent "cover-up" as
fear of unwarranted hysteria in the general public against
vaccination... not to mention the feeding frenzy amongst the lawyers.
If the hypothesis is that the mercury in Thymerosol causes autism then
the hypothesis must also account for the fact that the incidence of
autism is four times higher in male children than female children. The
proponents of the Thymerosol connection need to explain why mercury is
so much more damaging to males.
Perhaps there is a causal relationship between Thimerosol and autism.
But, as long as there is no scientific explanation for the apparent
contradiction posed by the male/female ratio, one might just as well
blame the increasing use of breast feeding or the increased use of
disposable diapers as the cause of autism. I'm sure they are
statitistically associated as well.
Chuck Norcutt
R. Jackson wrote:
>
> On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
>>I can't get to this particular article but I think there's a lot more
>>hysteria than good science on this subject.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Here's a non-subscription mirror to the article.
>
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/061605HA.shtml
>
> It looks like Eli Lilly's own internal studies confirmed thimerosal
> as a health risk. According to this article, the Department of
> Defense required it to be labeled "poison" when they used it.
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