Widely Circulated No Vaccine - Autism Link Study Riddled With Inaccuracies, Radical Conclusions, Says National Autism Association

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Widely Circulated No Vaccine - Autism Link Study Riddled With Inaccuracies,

Radical Conclusions, Says National Autism Association

Drug-company proponent Dr. Fombonne ignores scientific evidence, uses

frivolous research to obtain desired findings

Nixa, MO - Dr. Fombonne's new Quebec study will soon be

published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatrics. Fombonne, a thimerosal

litigation expert witness on behalf of various pharmaceutical companies,

will reportedly state that it is " very clear " there is no relationship

between mercury-based thimerosal and the onset of autism.

According to the research group SafeMinds, Fombonne's research is

dangerously inaccurate:

The study looked at 27,749 students in grades kindergarten through

12th grade in a Montreal school district and found 187 cases of autism.

The vast majority of these cases (more than 90%) were born in

years in which thimerosal vaccines were widely used for infants in Quebec,

as they were in the US.

Only a tiny fraction of the autism students were born when

thimerosal-free DTP and Hib vaccines were given, and these students may have

been exposed to thimerosal from the Hepatitis B vaccine newly recommended

for infants of foreign-born parents, which made up over one fourth of the

greater Montreal population.

Dr. Fombonne wrongfully claims that large-population studies in

the United States, England and Denmark also disprove a link between mercury

and autism.

Although multiple respected researchers state otherwise, Dr.

Fombonne maintains the radical conclusion " there is no autism epidemic. "

He conveniently ignores the vast body of scientific evidence,

which has shown that environmental factors such as mercury may have caused

the increased number of autism diagnoses in the US and other countries.

Dr. Fombonne's actions have historically been in the best interest

of various pharmaceutical companies, not families with autism. Fombonne has

also declared himself an expert witness in thimerosal-related litigation.

SafeMinds states, " Thimerosal is a serious poison that is harmful via

inhalation, ingestion or contact with skin. Furthermore,

thimerosal-containing vaccines elevate mercury levels in the body to a level

where adverse neurological outcomes are known to occur. It is irresponsible

for any pediatric doctor to justify injecting our children with mercury.

" The prevalence of all autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has risen to 1

in 166 children in the past 20 years. Several independent federal agencies

and respected scientists and researchers have received federal funds to

investigate the autism epidemic and the biological plausibility of a link

between mercury and ASDs. Multiple studies have indicated that there is a

connection between childhood vaccines containing thimerosal and the

incidence of autism. No conclusions have been made rejecting a link between

mercury and autism. "

The National Autism Association (NAA), along with multiple advocacy

groups and researchers, hope that Fombonne's conflicts of interest will be

disclosed in Pediatrics. " These significantly weak conclusions certainly

work to Dr. Fombonne's benefit. It is only appropriate that his partnership

with pharmaceutical companies be revealed, " says Bothwell, Board

Chair of NAA.

For more information, visit www.nationalautism.org or

www.safeminds.org.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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