Activist moms warn of mercury danger in vaccines

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http://tinyurl.com/bhy6v & #10; & #10; Activist moms warn

of mercury danger in vaccines & #10; & #10;By

Lingerfelt, Rocky Mount Telegram & #10; & #10;Sunday, July

31, 2005 & #10; & #10;Two North Carolina mothers will

visit the N.C. General Assembly Tuesday in support of

a bill that will ban the use of thimerosal in

vaccinations. & #10; & #10;Amy Carson, founder of

Asheville-based Moms Against Mercury, said thimerosal

needs to be banned because it is dangerous to

children. Her 9-year-old son, Kit, is autistic, and

Carson said she believes his autism was caused by

mercury poisoning. & #10; & #10; " My son was born normal

and fine. With each set of vaccines, he got worse, "

she said. " I didn't notice a lot of things until after

his one-year shots. I can look at the videotapes now

and see the subtle changes now that I couldn't see

then. " & #10; & #10;Thimerosal is half mercury by weight

and is metabolized in the body as ethyl mercury.

Thimerosal can be found in numerous vaccines,

including the flu vaccine. & #10; & #10;Most children are

able to break down mercury and release it out of their

bodies, but Carson said her son is not capable of

doing so. Since he was diagnosed with autism, Kit has

been through different kinds of autism therapy, but

nothing has worked, she said. When Kit began mercury

detoxification through a transdermal patch, the

improvement began, she said. & #10; & #10; " We've seen

incredible improvements since he started mercury

detoxification, " she said. " By age four, he wasn't

talking much. Now, he talks all the

time. " & #10; & #10;Carson is one of many anti-mercury

activists across the country. Last week, supporters

gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Power of Truth

Rally to push for mercury-free vaccinations. U.S. Rep.

Walter , R-3rd District, spoke at the rally.

is a sponsor of a U.S. House bill that, if

passed, would ban the use of thimerosal in

vaccinations in the United States. & #10; & #10; said

he became an advocate for thimerosal removal when he

was approached by three women from Goldsboro who had

autistic children. & #10; & #10; " They came to see me

because a few months before the visit, there was

language inserted in a omnibus budget bill at the last

minute that would prohibit parents from filing suit

against Eli Lilly (the manufacturer of Thimerosal), "

he said. " I was very upset when I heard that, and told

them I would do everything I could. " & #10; & #10;

said it seems like a similar bill banning thimerosal

is introduced each year and does not get passed.

However, recent media exposure Ñ including a " Rolling

Stone " magazine article by F. Kennedy Jr.

titled " Deadly Immunity " Ñ has raised the public's

awareness, and hopes that the bill will pass

this year, he said. & #10; & #10;Carson, who lives in

Asheville, and Medlin of Cary will travel to

Raleigh on Tuesday to speak in favor of the bill in

front of the health committee. The bill is

co-sponsored by N.C. Rep. Bruce Goforth, D-Buncombe,

and N.C. Rep. Dollar, R-Wake. & #10; & #10;Six

states Ñ California, Iowa, Missouri, Delaware,

Illinois and New York Ñ have already passed similar

legislation. & #10; & #10; " We're hoping to make North

Carolina number seven, " Carson said. & #10; & #10;Carson

said 20 years ago, one in 10,000 children were

diagnosed with autism. Since the late 1990s when the

government required children to receive as many as 22

immunizations before they reach first grade, that

number has risen to one autistic child out of 166, she

said. & #10; & #10;Thimerosal-free vaccinations are

available, but many companies continue using the

ingredient because it's a preservative and allows

vaccines to be packaged in multidose vials, resulting

in less production costs, wrote Kennedy in his

article. & #10; & #10; " The mercury is not an important

part in the vaccine. It enables them to mass produce

it. That's what it all comes down to Ñ money, " Carson

said. & #10; & #10;Carson said because of the research and

her own personal experience, she believes there is a

direct link between thimerosal and autism. said

he sees a correlation, too. However, officials at

public health institutions such as the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the

Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., say they

have conducted research that does not support that

theory. & #10; & #10; " The vast majority of science

indicates that there is no relationship between

thimerosal in vaccines and autism, " said Von Roebuck,

spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. & #10; & #10;But advocates including Carson

and Kennedy say the research is conducted by biased

researchers who have conflicts of interest with the

pharmaceutical companies. & #10; & #10;Despite the

controversy, Carson said the most important thing is

to raise awareness so that parents will stop

inoculating their children with a potentially harmful

toxin. & #10; & #10; " We're not anti-vaccine parents; we're

anti-mercury-in-vaccine parents, " Carson said. " Ask

for all vaccine inserts and read them for yourself.

.... I encourage every parent to do so. " & #10; & #10;

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> http://tinyurl.com/bhy6v & #10; & #10; Activist moms warn

> of mercury danger in vaccines & #10; & #10;By

> Lingerfelt, Rocky Mount Telegram & #10; & #10;Sunday, July

> 31, 2005

" We're not anti-vaccine parents; we're

> anti-mercury-in-vaccine parents, " Carson said. " Ask

> for all vaccine inserts and read them for yourself.

> ... I encourage every parent to do so. "

Telling people to read vaccine inserts! Dangerous! An informed

parent is a parent who may decide that the CDC, the FDA and the IOM

are not really on the side of the consumer.

Deborah

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