ABC World News Tonight Endorses Use of Mercury in Children, Says National Autism

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ABC World News Tonight Endorses Use of Mercury in Children, Says

National Autism Association

Thursday June 23, 3:09 pm ET

LAST NIGHT, ABC CRITICIZED HIGH-SUGAR CEREALS YET SUGGESTED INJECTED

MERCURY IN BLOODSTREAMS OF CHILDREN OK

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. of ABC World

News Tonight says he would give his children and grandchildren

vaccines laced with mercury, says the National Autism Association

(NAA). The Wednesday broadcast focused on the connection between

thimerosal, a mercury preservative used in vaccines, and autism.

F. Kennedy was interviewed for the package which had been

previously cancelled by ABC. RFK has researched the connection

between autism and thimerosal, including scientific studies, and

secret meeting notes from a 2000 CDC gathering called " Simpsonwood. "

The meeting transcripts reveal over 40 doctors privately discussing

concerns over the mercury preservative. In an article in Rolling

Stone and on Salon.com, Kennedy outs a CDC cover-up, as well as the

Institute of Medicine's disregard for sound scientific evidence

during 2004 hearings.

Some parents compare last night's broadcast to Rather-gate, citing

that , ABC's medical commentator, readily used an unreliable

source: the CDC. CDC's 2000 study of thimerosal showed a link between

the neurotoxin and autism, but was never released to the public.

After the CDC informed there was no cover-up, took

their comments as fact without proper investigation.

Also in last night's report:

- No scientist, researcher or doctor familiar with the

connection between

autism and thimerosal was interviewed.

- Kirby, author of the recently-released book " Evidence of

Harm "

was not interviewed.

- Lyn Redwood, the mother featured in last night's report, is a

nurse

practitioner. Her credentials went undisclosed.

- ABC followed the story with a package about high-sugar cereals

and how

bad it may be for childhood obesity, yet they favored the use

of a

bloodstream-bound neurotoxin.

Although some media outlets white-wash the issue, many parents feel

ABC went a step further by creating the piece solely to discredit

Kennedy. " misled ABC's viewers by shifting the focus

to vaccines as a whole, and not the neurotoxic ingredient in

vaccines. Kennedy understands that vaccines are important, but

emphasizes that the use of mercury in vaccines is not only

unnecessary but a large public health risk, " says Lori McIlwain

(Cary, NC) parent and board member of NAA.

Earlier this week, Dr. Shih of the National Alliance for

Autism Research appeared on Montel and also endorsed the use

of mercury in vaccines. Shih stated that his infant received vaccines

which may or may have not contained thimerosal -- he felt no need to

ask for thimerosal-free. Fournier (Portsmouth, RI), parent and

president of NAA, asks, " Why would Shih, or any parent

deliberately give their child a substance that's label contains a

Jolly- symbol? "

Today, Don Imus of Imus in the Morning called ABC's report

an " embarrassment. "

For more information, visit www.nationalautism.org .

Contact:

Bono, NAA (NC) 919-403-9443

Jo Pike, NAA (SC) 843-206-8443

Rita Shreffler, NAA (MO) 417-725-6107

Fournier, NAA (RI) 401-632-7523

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