The Chetek Alert, March 1 2006

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Letter to the editor-Wagnitz

by Wagnitz, Senior chemist, UW-Madison March

01, 2006

I read with interest Jensen's article, " Board

learns special education numbers continue to rise. "

Vicky Ondell, director of special education for CESA

#11 states, " Autism numbers, especially, are on the

rise. " While Ondell said she did not have any idea why

the increase in autism was occurring, Roselawn

Elementary School Principal Jill Koenitzer offered

information she received from a recent symposium on

substance abuse. Substance abuse has been around for

40 years. The autism epidemic has not.

We now know that autism is a neuroinflammatory

disease, not a psychiatric condition. A major

contributor to neuroinflammation is mercury. Multiple

vaccines contained mercury well into 2003. The flu and

tetanus vaccine still contain it.

A recent study showed that primates exposed to mercury

via standard vaccines retained twice as much inorganic

mercury in their brains as compared to those primates

who ingested methylmercury. The inorganic mercury

portion remains trapped and is a major cause of

neuroinflammation. While early intervention is good,

these kids need medical treatment for mercury

poisoning. After such treatment, these kids can

totally recover.