[CoMeD] [PR] CORRECTED 'Scandal Exposed in Major Study of Autism & Mercury'

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ALL,

Please disregard the previous press release as the

incorrect files were attached.

Attached are the correct " doc " and " pdf " files for

the

CoMeD Press Release titled, " Scandal Exposed in Major

Study of Autism and Mercury " .

For those who do not receive attachments, the " .pdf "

version of this article can be found in the

" Press Release " section of the CoMeD web site:

http://www.Mercury-freeDrugs.org

tomorrow at the latest (26 Uctiber 2011).

For those lacking easy access to the Internet, the

rough text of this Press Release is as follows:

>

>Scandal Exposed in Major Study

>of Autism and Mercury

>

>SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 25, 2011 -

>The Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs (CoMeD)

>exposes communications between Centers for Disease

>Control (CDC) personnel and vaccine researchers

>revealing U.S. officials apparently colluded in

>covering-up the decline in Denmark's autism rates

>following the removal of mercury from vaccines.

>

>Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information

>Act (FOIA) show that CDC officials were aware of

>Danish data indicating a connection between removing

>Thimerosal (49.55% mercury) and a decline in autism

>rates. Despite this knowledge, these officials

>allowed a 2003 article to be published in Pediatrics

>that excluded this information, misrepresented the

>decline as an increase, and led to the mistaken

>conclusion that Thimerosal in vaccines does not

>cause autism.

>

>In Denmark, Thimerosal, a controversial mercury

>compound used as a preservative in certain vaccines,

>was removed from all Danish vaccines in 1992. The

>well-publicized Danish study published in Pediatrics

>2003 claimed that autism rates actually increased

>after Thimerosal was phased out. This study

>subsequently became a cornerstone for the notion

>that mercury does not cause autism. However, one

>of the FOIA documents obtained from CDC clearly

>indicates that this study omitted large amounts

>of data showing autism rates actually dropping after

>mercury was removed from Danish vaccines.

>

>One coauthor, from Aarhus University, Denmark, was

>aware of the omission and alerted CDC officials in a

>2002 email, stating " Attached I send you the short

>and long manuscript about Thimerosal and autism in

>Denmark … I need to tell you that the figures do not

>include the latest data from 2001 … but the incidence

>and prevalence are still decreasing in 2001 "

>(emphasis added).

>

>We know the article's lead author was aware of the

>missing autism data because he stated in an email

>reply, " I am not currently at the university but

>I will contact you and <names withheld> tomorrow to

>make up our minds. "

>

>Nevertheless, in the final draft version of the

>publication submitted to Pediatrics, the data from

>2001 showing a decline in autism was not mentioned.

>

>Ignoring this omission, the CDC continued to endorse

>the article and, in a December 10, 2002

>recommendation letter to the editor of Pediatrics,

>encouraged expedited review and publication of the

>article. The misleading Danish article was published

>by Pediatrics in 2003.

>

>Dr. Poul Thorsen, one of the co-authors and

> " scientist in residence " at the CDC 2000-2002,

>subsequently was terminated by Aarhus University

>and indicted in Atlanta for embezzlement this year in

>relation to his $11 million grant from the CDC.

>

>CoMeD has demanded that the CDC launch an

>immediate investigation of the CDC officials involved

>based on scientific fraud. CoMeD is also calling for

>the full retraction of the deceptive article which

>appeared in Pediatrics.

>

> " This type of malfeasance should not be tolerated by

>those who are entrusted with our children's health

>and well-being, " stated Sykes, President of CoMeD

>

Please share this assessment with others who seek

to understand the facts about Thimerosal in vaccines

and autism as well as the duplicitious tactics used

to publish an apparently fraudulent article in the

journal Pediatrice.

Thanking everyone in advance for all of your efforts,

no matter how small, to spread this document to the

four corners of the Earth. this reviewer remains ...

Respectfully,

G. King, PhD

http://www.dr-king.com

CoMeD Science Advisor & Secretary

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