Re: Mercury doesn't cause autism-study: Will have huge impact on use of vaccines

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Here is the link:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=24310151-ac6d-4c8c-a502-9\

717e5a35ddd

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> No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2 posted

this....anyone have more details?

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>

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> No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

>

> By Charlie Fidelman

>

> Montreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday

> suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of

> autism.

>

> Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark

> have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines

> containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but the

> belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of

> pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told

> the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.

>

> Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the

> official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is expected

> to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-

> based vaccines.

>

> Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then

> children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

> mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose

> study compared autism rates among children before and after the

> vaccine formulas changed.

>

> " My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship

> between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and autism, "

> Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

>

> " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the

> years when there was no mercury, " he said.

>

> Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their children's

> condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven

> treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the

> belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.

>

> At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.

>

> Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a

> child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

>

> This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday June

> 17, 2006 Section: A7

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Eli Lilly sponsors the program this day, with " Global Burden of

Neurologic Diseases in Children " among the topics? Same day, Lilly

has a lunch symposia for ADHD? That's balls.

http://www.icnc2006.com/scientific_programme/detailed_programme_thu.h

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No news in the abstract. KB

THE " AUTISM EPIDEMIC " AND KNOWN CAUSES OF AUTISM

E Fombonne

Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

Objective: To review epidemiological surveys of autism and evaluate

trends over time with respect to environmental (mainly

immunizations) and genetic risk factors.

Methods: Epidemiological studies of pervasive developmental

disorders (PDD) have accumulated recently. We will review the

design, sample characteristics and main findings of 42 surveys

published between 1966 and 2005. Focused hypotheses on immunization

exposures as risk factors for autism/PDD that could account for the

rise in diagnoses of autism will be examined.

Results: Recent surveys suggest that the rate for all forms of PDDs

are as high as 60–70/10,000. The rate for Asperger disorder is not

well established, and a preliminary conservative figure is

2.5/10,000. Childhood disintegrative disorder is extremely rare with

a pooled estimate across studies of 0.2/10,000. There is evidence

that changes in case definition, improved awareness and new policies

in special education services explain much of the upward trend of

prevalence rates in recent decades. However, available

epidemiological surveys do not provide an adequate test of the

hypothesis of a changing incidence of PDDs. At present,

epidemiological studies that relied on a combination of designs

(prospective, case-control, ecological) and performed by independent

groups of investigators from different countries do not support an

association between autism and exposure to combined measles-mumps-

rubella vaccines or to thimerosal-containing vaccines. Few other

environmental exposures have been identified that could account for

a substantial proportion of cases of autism. Genetic factors have

been robustly identified as increasing the risk of autism/PDD but

molecular genetic studies have yet to identify genes accounting for

large effects.

Conclusion: Increased numbers of children diagnosed with PDD cannot

be readily interpreted as indicative of a true epidemic. Exposure to

MMR or thimerosal does not appear to raise the risk of autism.

http://www.thieme-

connect.com/ejournals/abstract/neuropediatrics/doi/10.1055/s-2006-

946007

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> this....anyone have more details?

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> >

> >

> >

> > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> >

> > By Charlie Fidelman

> >

> > Montreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday

> > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes

of

> > autism.

> >

> > Large population studies in the United States, England and

Denmark

> > have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines

> > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism –

but the

> > belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne,

chief of

> > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre,

told

> > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

Montreal.

> >

> > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics,

the

> > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is

expected

> > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

mercury-

> > based vaccines.

> >

> > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since

then

> > children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

> > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne,

whose

> > study compared autism rates among children before and after

the

> > vaccine formulas changed.

> >

> > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

relationship

> > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and

autism, "

> > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> >

> > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in

the

> > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> >

> > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their

children's

> > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven

> > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in

the

> > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

disorder.

> >

> > At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne

said.

> >

> > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a

> > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> >

> > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday

June

> > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Good detective work, ! I see Frombonne's name but cannot find

when he spoke...well hidden? These guys do have b---s...and they are

scared! here is the tiny link..

http://tinyurl.com/jgsu4

> > >

> > > No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

> posted

> > this....anyone have more details?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> > >

> > > By Charlie Fidelman

> > >

> > > Montreal - Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday

> > > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes

> of

> > > autism.

> > >

> > > Large population studies in the United States, England and

> Denmark

> > > have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines

> > > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism -

> but the

> > > belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne,

> chief of

> > > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre,

> told

> > > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

> Montreal.

> > >

> > > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics,

> the

> > > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is

> expected

> > > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

> mercury-

> > > based vaccines.

> > >

> > > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since

> then

> > > children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

> > > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne,

> whose

> > > study compared autism rates among children before and after

> the

> > > vaccine formulas changed.

> > >

> > > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

> relationship

> > > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and

> autism, "

> > > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> > >

> > > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in

> the

> > > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> > >

> > > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their

> children's

> > > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven

> > > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in

> the

> > > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

> disorder.

> > >

> > > At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne

> said.

> > >

> > > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a

> > > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> > >

> > > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday

> June

> > > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > __________________________________________________

> > >

[Guest guest]

Fombonne is Friday 10AM -

http://www.icnc2006.com/scientific_programme/detailed_programme_fri.h

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-- In EOHarm , " redhead60707 " <redhead60707@...>

wrote:

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> Good detective work, ! I see Frombonne's name but cannot find

> when he spoke...well hidden? These guys do have b---s...and they

are

> scared! here is the tiny link..

> http://tinyurl.com/jgsu4

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

> > posted

> > > this....anyone have more details?

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> > > >

> > > > By Charlie Fidelman

> > > >

> > > > Montreal - Results of a unique Quebec study revealed

yesterday

> > > > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the

causes

> > of

> > > > autism.

> > > >

> > > > Large population studies in the United States, England and

> > Denmark

> > > > have not shown a connection between common childhood

vaccines

> > > > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism -

> > but the

> > > > belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne,

> > chief of

> > > > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health

Centre,

> > told

> > > > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

> > Montreal.

> > > >

> > > > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in

Pediatrics,

> > the

> > > > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is

> > expected

> > > > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

> > mercury-

> > > > based vaccines.

> > > >

> > > > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and

since

> > then

> > > > children in the province no longer got vaccines containing

the

> > > > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne,

> > whose

> > > > study compared autism rates among children before and

after

> > the

> > > > vaccine formulas changed.

> > > >

> > > > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

> > relationship

> > > > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and

> > autism, "

> > > > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> > > >

> > > > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher

in

> > the

> > > > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> > > >

> > > > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their

> > children's

> > > > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an

unproven

> > > > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body,

in

> > the

> > > > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

> > disorder.

> > > >

> > > > At least one child died because of the process, Dr.

Fombonne

> > said.

> > > >

> > > > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that

impairs a

> > > > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> > > >

> > > > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > > > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen,

Saturday

> > June

> > > > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > __________________________________________________

> > > >

[Guest guest]

quite a bit on Fombonne previous http://www.whale.to/vaccines/thrower2006.pdf

Mercury doesn't cause autism-study: Will have huge impact on use of vaccines

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No link between mercury, autism: Quebec studyBy Charlie FidelmanMontreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of autism.Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but the belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is expected to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-based vaccines.Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose study compared autism rates among children before and after the vaccine formulas changed."My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and autism," Dr. Fombonne said in an interview."In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the years when there was no mercury," he said.Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their children's condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others.This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTEThis article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday June 17, 2006 Section: A7

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I can't find any useful additional info either right now, but I think this may be the study where they looked at the Inuit population in northern Quebec and found "no autism". It will be interesting to see how this study was conducted. The Inuit (and other indigenous populations) in Canada's north have more than their share of various health and developmental problems. I'll post some references to these problems below. It could be that some children who may have been diagnosed as ASD/PDD in the south, have been diagnosed with FAS/FAE, speech and language disorders, and/or ADHD in the north. I guess we'll have to wait until this study is published, to find out what they were looking at. Aasa http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/nursing-infirm/2001_ped_guide/chap_06_e.html http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/2002/2002_72bk1_e.html http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/165/6/749 <redhead60707@...> wrote: No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2 posted this....anyone have more details? No link between mercury, autism: Quebec

studyBy Charlie FidelmanMontreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of autism.Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but the belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is expected to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-based vaccines.Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose study compared autism rates among children before and after the vaccine formulas changed."My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and autism," Dr. Fombonne said in an interview."In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the years when there was no mercury," he said.Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their children's condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others.This article was first

reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTEThis article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday June 17, 2006 Section: A7 __________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

No safe exposure level for ethylmercury gives these MORONS a lot of lee-way. Read this other pitifully incompetent piece of artwork from McShill.

http://www.autisticsociety.org/modules.php?name=News & file=print & sid=392

Canadian says vaccine-autism study is overblownDate: Friday, February 20 @ 10:37:10 GMTTopic: MercuryThe Medical Posting 17/02/2004 A Canadian researcher says a highly publicized U.S. study linking a mercury-containing vaccine preservative with autism and other brain disorders is no cause for worry. "It's probably one of the best examples of wild over-extrapolation in science I've ever seen," says Dr. Ward, a vaccine immunologist at McGill University in Montreal. "At the very least they should be chided for overactive imaginations." In the study, a team led by Deth, professor of pharmacology at Northeastern University in Boston, found that thimerosal -- a mercury-containing preservative used in some vaccines -- could interrupt biochemical reactions critical for brain development. Although the reactions were studied in special cells in a laboratory, the researchers say the concentrations of thimerosal were similar to those typically found following vaccination in humans. But according to Ward, the study does not show how thimerosal would actually affect cells in the body, nor is it clear how much of the preservative would make it into the brain. (NOTE: irresponsible government has not established a safe exposure standard for ethylmercury)Furthermore, he says, the findings don't agree with population studies that have failed to show a link between vaccines and autism, attention deficit disorder and other neurological problems. Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization published a comprehensive review of thimerosal a year ago. The review points out few vaccines in Canada contain the preservative, and then only in trace amounts. "The risk that thimerosal or its metabolites may affect the neurologic development of infants is, at most, theoretical," the review states. "Because the risk of any health effect from thimerosal in vaccines has never been substantiated, and because, compared with the real risk of infection from inadvertent contamination of vaccine, the risk of thimerosal-related health effects is negligible. Vaccines containing thimerosal should not be withheld if they are needed." Still, the committee encouraged vaccine makers to develop alternatives to it. Thimerosal has been used to a much greater extent in vaccines made in the U.S., where it is also being phased out. In Canada, the preservative is used in vaccines that are distributed in multidose vials, such as influenza and hepatitis B. "This doesn't mean that the push to get thimerosal out of vaccines is an expression of communal guilt," says Ward, who is an associate professor of medicine and microbiology at McGill University and the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute.

Mercury doesn't cause autism-study: Will have huge impact on use of vaccines

No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2 posted this....anyone have more details?

No link between mercury, autism: Quebec studyBy Charlie FidelmanMontreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of autism.Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but the belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is expected to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-based vaccines.Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose study compared autism rates among children before and after the vaccine formulas changed."My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and autism," Dr. Fombonne said in an interview."In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the years when there was no mercury," he said.Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their children's condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others.This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTEThis article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday June 17, 2006 Section: A7

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Thanks...and " epidemic " ..what a paid schmuck. Here is tiny

http://tinyurl.com/kz9qo

> > > > >

> > > > > No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

> > > posted

> > > > this....anyone have more details?

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> > > > >

> > > > > By Charlie Fidelman

> > > > >

> > > > > Montreal - Results of a unique Quebec study revealed

> yesterday

> > > > > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the

> causes

> > > of

> > > > > autism.

> > > > >

> > > > > Large population studies in the United States, England and

> > > Denmark

> > > > > have not shown a connection between common childhood

> vaccines

> > > > > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism -

>

> > > but the

> > > > > belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne,

> > > chief of

> > > > > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health

> Centre,

> > > told

> > > > > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

> > > Montreal.

> > > > >

> > > > > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in

> Pediatrics,

> > > the

> > > > > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is

> > > expected

> > > > > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

> > > mercury-

> > > > > based vaccines.

> > > > >

> > > > > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and

> since

> > > then

> > > > > children in the province no longer got vaccines containing

> the

> > > > > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne,

> > > whose

> > > > > study compared autism rates among children before and

> after

> > > the

> > > > > vaccine formulas changed.

> > > > >

> > > > > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

> > > relationship

> > > > > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and

> > > autism, "

> > > > > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> > > > >

> > > > > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher

> in

> > > the

> > > > > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> > > > >

> > > > > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their

> > > children's

> > > > > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an

> unproven

> > > > > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body,

> in

> > > the

> > > > > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

> > > disorder.

> > > > >

> > > > > At least one child died because of the process, Dr.

> Fombonne

> > > said.

> > > > >

> > > > > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that

> impairs a

> > > > > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> > > > >

> > > > > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > > > > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen,

> Saturday

> > > June

> > > > > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > __________________________________________________

> > > > >

[Guest guest]

The abstract just looks like new lipstick for Fombonne's pig. KB

> No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

posted this....anyone have more details?

>

>

>

>

> No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

>

> By Charlie Fidelman

>

> Montreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday

> suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of

> autism.

>

> Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark

> have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines

> containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but

the

> belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of

> pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told

> the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.

>

> Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the

> official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is

expected

> to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-

> based vaccines.

>

> Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then

> children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

> mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose

> study compared autism rates among children before and after the

> vaccine formulas changed.

>

> " My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship

> between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and

autism, "

> Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

>

> " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the

> years when there was no mercury, " he said.

>

> Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their

children's

> condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven

> treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the

> belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.

>

> At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.

>

> Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a

> child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

>

> This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday

June

> 17, 2006 Section: A7

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Is this it (thank you Lenny!)?

http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/sareport/Week-of-Mon-20041108/000324.html

PUBLIC HEALTH

Canadian Research Team Looking For Cause of Rise In Autism Cases

The Canadian Academy Of Child And Adolescence Psychiatry will investigate

theory that mercury in vaccinations may be involved

[by nah Benady.]

http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20041108_180936_498

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Montreal – After a decade that has witnessed an exponential increase

in the number of cases of autism, a specialist team from McGill University

is in the throes of a Quebec government-funded study to try to

identify some

of the possible causes.

Numerous theories have been advanced to explain the rise in

pervasive

developmental disorders (PDD), including mumps, measles, rubella (MMR)

vaccine, toxic metals in the environment, food allergies, and

thimerosol or

mercury used in many countries to stabilize vaccines. (See related

story on

page 48.) These theories are now being put to the test by autism

expert Dr.

Fombonne, whose recent paper published in the Lancet—a case-control

study of more than 5,000 children—found no association between MMR

vaccination and increased risk of autism or other PDD.

The epidemiologist said the new study will pay particular

attention to

testing the mercury hypothesis—whether the increase in intensity of

infants'

vaccination schedules could be causing mercury accumulation, resulting in

poisoning.

But other theories, including whether there is immune system or

gastrointestinal dysfunction, will also be examined.

Dr. Fombonne is conducting the new study on behalf of families with

affected children—parents desperate to understand the cause of their

child's

disorder—and as a public health measure to help allay suspicion about

vaccines in general.

Fears that vaccination is contributing to the rise in PDD, now

generally agreed to be 69 cases per 10,000 children, are undermining

one of

the mainstays of the public health system, and that has implications

for the

whole population, he told the conference here of the Canadian Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

" This problem has an impact beyond families with autistic children, "

he said.

The far-reaching effect of the debate over MMR vaccination, for

example, had been that the uptake of MMR vaccine had fallen to 82% in the

U.K. and much lower in some parts of that country. The lower uptake

has led

to some deaths of unprotected children in Ireland and in the Netherlands.

" It is possible that vaccine uptake levels will fall to the point

where, we predict, we will see epidemics of these nasty infectious

diseases, " said Dr. Fombonne, who holds a Canada Research Chair in

Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry at McGill University.

The team has so far completed data collection on 73 children in the

randomized study and is now working to get data on all the controls.

The PDD

children attend the autism clinic at the Montreal Children's Hospital. The

controls are children attending the hospital for benign medical reasons.

Both groups of children are ages three or four years and are from

similar ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, although the PDD

children tend

to be in more stable family situations than the controls, said Dr.

Fombonne.

The PDD children all function roughly with two standard deviations

below the mean on standardized measures. Of the 73 PDD subjects, 70% have

the diagnosis of autistic disorder and 30% have the diagnosis of

non-specific PDD.

The children have their blood, hair and nail analysed to check for

dietary deficiencies and levels of heavy metal toxicity. They have immune

function tests. Information is collected on their diet, sleep patterns and

behaviour, immunization history, family history and GI symptoms.

These tests will allow the researchers to evaluate almost all the

autism hypotheses currently in circulation, including the vaccine-mercury

link, the essential fatty acid deficiency question and whether the

syndrome

is a result of an autoimmune disease.

Heavy metal toxicity is being measured with mass spectroscopy using

the specialist toxicology lab in Quebec City. Dr. Fombonne's team has also

paired with McGill lab, where experts in the virology of measles will

try to

replicate some of Dr. Wakefield's findings that prompted him to

question the safety of MMR vaccination.

What is unique about the new study is that it will be able to

examine

the interrelationship between the behaviour of the child, his sleep

and his

diet; between his behaviour and biological parameters that involve immune

function/dysfunction; and between behaviour and exposure to various

neurotoxins.

" We will be able to really look at everything—anything unusual,

raised

or abnormal. We can look at whether or not it affects the children's

behaviour or how it relates to other aspects of his development. "

Preliminary results on the first data set from 32 PDD children

and 15

controls show that other than one child with PDD who, with his mother,

stands out as having extremely high mercury levels, no significant

differences have been found between the two groups.

The child with the very high mercury levels, who also had high

levels

of lead, was however no different from all the other PDD children in his

behaviour. Neither did he have more cognitive deficits, added Dr.

Fombonne.

" If we find no difference, and no correlation between levels of

mercury and the PDD children's behaviour—which is what we find so far—this

will go a long way to rule out the mercury hypothesis. "

Analysis of the children's immune systems has also failed to show up

any major distinctions between the two groups.

" We have tested all the children's immunoglobulins, and the PDD

children do not appear to be deficient in either IgA, IgE, IgG or IgMs.

" If anything, the mean of the PDD group is slightly higher for IgA.

And a significantly raised proportion of the PDD children had high

levels of

IgE. This concurs with a separate study of children whose parents were

concerned about their immune function. The only abnormal finding at

the time

was that six of 24 had high levels of IgE. It's about the same proportion

here. "

All these children with abnormal results have been referred to the

immunologist who works with the team. The children manifest benign atopic

conditions that appear to have no relationship with their autism, he

added.

Full results from the study will not be available for another year,

but if they follow the pattern set by the first set of patients analysed,

they could throw a number of hypotheses out the window, including, Dr.

Fombonne suspects, the mercury hypothesis.

If the theories are all shot down, it will leave a gaping void

for the

thousands of parents convinced their child's disorder has been

triggered by

some environmental mishap. And after researching autism for more than 13

years, Dr. Fombonne said he has no hunch about what might be causing the

epidemic.

> No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2 posted

this....anyone have more details?

>

>

>

>

> No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

>

> By Charlie Fidelman

>

> Montreal – Results of a unique Quebec study revealed yesterday

> suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the causes of

> autism.

>

> Large population studies in the United States, England and Denmark

> have not shown a connection between common childhood vaccines

> containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of autism – but the

> belief still holds steady in some circles, Fombonne, chief of

> pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health Centre, told

> the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in Montreal.

>

> Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in Pediatrics, the

> official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is expected

> to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of mercury-

> based vaccines.

>

> Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and since then

> children in the province no longer got vaccines containing the

> mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr. Fombonne, whose

> study compared autism rates among children before and after the

> vaccine formulas changed.

>

> " My study is very clear in showing that there's no relationship

> between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine and autism, "

> Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

>

> " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is higher in the

> years when there was no mercury, " he said.

>

> Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for their children's

> condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an unproven

> treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body, in the

> belief it will cure the neurological and developmental disorder.

>

> At least one child died because of the process, Dr. Fombonne said.

>

> Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that impairs a

> child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

>

> This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen, Saturday June

> 17, 2006 Section: A7

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Is this the same guy who in May wrote about the mystery of asthma?

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?

id=fe2d8815-7c86-42d4-a2c8-140529122c91 & k=94114

cfidelman @ thegazette.canwest.com

- Hokkanen

> > >

> > > No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

> posted

> > this....anyone have more details?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> > >

> > > By Charlie Fidelman

> > >

> > > Montreal - Results of a unique Quebec study revealed

yesterday

> > > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the

causes

> of

> > > autism.

> > >

> > > Large population studies in the United States, England

and

> Denmark

> > > have not shown a connection between common childhood

vaccines

> > > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of

autism -

> but the

> > > belief still holds steady in some circles,

Fombonne,

> chief of

> > > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health

Centre,

> told

> > > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

> Montreal.

> > >

> > > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in

Pediatrics,

> the

> > > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

is

> expected

> > > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

> mercury-

> > > based vaccines.

> > >

> > > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and

since

> then

> > > children in the province no longer got vaccines

containing the

> > > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr.

Fombonne,

> whose

> > > study compared autism rates among children before and

after

> the

> > > vaccine formulas changed.

> > >

> > > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

> relationship

> > > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine

and

> autism, "

> > > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> > >

> > > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is

higher in

> the

> > > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> > >

> > > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for

their

> children's

> > > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an

unproven

> > > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body,

in

> the

> > > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

> disorder.

> > >

> > > At least one child died because of the process, Dr.

Fombonne

> said.

> > >

> > > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that

impairs a

> > > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> > >

> > > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen,

Saturday

> June

> > > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > __________________________________________________

> > >

[Guest guest]

I posted this yesterday...

http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/sareport/Week-of-Mon-20041108/000324.html

PUBLIC HEALTH

Canadian Research Team Looking For Cause of Rise In Autism Cases

The Canadian Academy Of Child And Adolescence Psychiatry will investigate

theory that mercury in vaccinations may be involved

[by nah Benady.]

http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20041108_180936_498

8

Montreal – After a decade that has witnessed an exponential increase

in the number of cases of autism, a specialist team from McGill University

is in the throes of a Quebec government-funded study to try to

identify some

of the possible causes.

Numerous theories have been advanced to explain the rise in

pervasive

developmental disorders (PDD), including mumps, measles, rubella (MMR)

vaccine, toxic metals in the environment, food allergies, and

thimerosol or

mercury used in many countries to stabilize vaccines. (See related

story on

page 48.) These theories are now being put to the test by autism

expert Dr.

Fombonne, whose recent paper published in the Lancet—a case-control

study of more than 5,000 children—found no association between MMR

vaccination and increased risk of autism or other PDD.

The epidemiologist said the new study will pay particular

attention to

testing the mercury hypothesis—whether the increase in intensity of

infants'

vaccination schedules could be causing mercury accumulation, resulting in

poisoning.

But other theories, including whether there is immune system or

gastrointestinal dysfunction, will also be examined.

Dr. Fombonne is conducting the new study on behalf of families with

affected children—parents desperate to understand the cause of their

child's

disorder—and as a public health measure to help allay suspicion about

vaccines in general.

Fears that vaccination is contributing to the rise in PDD, now

generally agreed to be 69 cases per 10,000 children, are undermining

one of

the mainstays of the public health system, and that has implications

for the

whole population, he told the conference here of the Canadian Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

" This problem has an impact beyond families with autistic children, "

he said.

The far-reaching effect of the debate over MMR vaccination, for

example, had been that the uptake of MMR vaccine had fallen to 82% in the

U.K. and much lower in some parts of that country. The lower uptake

has led

to some deaths of unprotected children in Ireland and in the Netherlands.

" It is possible that vaccine uptake levels will fall to the point

where, we predict, we will see epidemics of these nasty infectious

diseases, " said Dr. Fombonne, who holds a Canada Research Chair in

Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry at McGill University.

The team has so far completed data collection on 73 children in the

randomized study and is now working to get data on all the controls.

The PDD

children attend the autism clinic at the Montreal Children's Hospital. The

controls are children attending the hospital for benign medical reasons.

Both groups of children are ages three or four years and are from

similar ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, although the PDD

children tend

to be in more stable family situations than the controls, said Dr.

Fombonne.

The PDD children all function roughly with two standard deviations

below the mean on standardized measures. Of the 73 PDD subjects, 70% have

the diagnosis of autistic disorder and 30% have the diagnosis of

non-specific PDD.

The children have their blood, hair and nail analysed to check for

dietary deficiencies and levels of heavy metal toxicity. They have immune

function tests. Information is collected on their diet, sleep patterns and

behaviour, immunization history, family history and GI symptoms.

These tests will allow the researchers to evaluate almost all the

autism hypotheses currently in circulation, including the vaccine-mercury

link, the essential fatty acid deficiency question and whether the

syndrome

is a result of an autoimmune disease.

Heavy metal toxicity is being measured with mass spectroscopy using

the specialist toxicology lab in Quebec City. Dr. Fombonne's team has also

paired with McGill lab, where experts in the virology of measles will

try to

replicate some of Dr. Wakefield's findings that prompted him to

question the safety of MMR vaccination.

What is unique about the new study is that it will be able to

examine

the interrelationship between the behaviour of the child, his sleep

and his

diet; between his behaviour and biological parameters that involve immune

function/dysfunction; and between behaviour and exposure to various

neurotoxins.

" We will be able to really look at everything—anything unusual,

raised

or abnormal. We can look at whether or not it affects the children's

behaviour or how it relates to other aspects of his development. "

Preliminary results on the first data set from 32 PDD children

and 15

controls show that other than one child with PDD who, with his mother,

stands out as having extremely high mercury levels, no significant

differences have been found between the two groups.

The child with the very high mercury levels, who also had high

levels

of lead, was however no different from all the other PDD children in his

behaviour. Neither did he have more cognitive deficits, added Dr.

Fombonne.

" If we find no difference, and no correlation between levels of

mercury and the PDD children's behaviour—which is what we find so far—this

will go a long way to rule out the mercury hypothesis. "

Analysis of the children's immune systems has also failed to show up

any major distinctions between the two groups.

" We have tested all the children's immunoglobulins, and the PDD

children do not appear to be deficient in either IgA, IgE, IgG or IgMs.

" If anything, the mean of the PDD group is slightly higher for IgA.

And a significantly raised proportion of the PDD children had high

levels of

IgE. This concurs with a separate study of children whose parents were

concerned about their immune function. The only abnormal finding at

the time

was that six of 24 had high levels of IgE. It's about the same proportion

here. "

All these children with abnormal results have been referred to the

immunologist who works with the team. The children manifest benign atopic

conditions that appear to have no relationship with their autism, he

added.

Full results from the study will not be available for another year,

but if they follow the pattern set by the first set of patients analysed,

they could throw a number of hypotheses out the window, including, Dr.

Fombonne suspects, the mercury hypothesis.

If the theories are all shot down, it will leave a gaping void

for the

thousands of parents convinced their child's disorder has been

triggered by

some environmental mishap. And after researching autism for more than 13

years, Dr. Fombonne said he has no hunch about what might be causing the

epidemic.

> > > >

> > > > No link..subscription needed but someone on ck2

> > posted

> > > this....anyone have more details?

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > No link between mercury, autism: Quebec study

> > > >

> > > > By Charlie Fidelman

> > > >

> > > > Montreal - Results of a unique Quebec study revealed

> yesterday

> > > > suggest vaccines containing mercury are not among the

> causes

> > of

> > > > autism.

> > > >

> > > > Large population studies in the United States, England

> and

> > Denmark

> > > > have not shown a connection between common childhood

> vaccines

> > > > containing mercury and an increasing prevalence of

> autism -

> > but the

> > > > belief still holds steady in some circles,

> Fombonne,

> > chief of

> > > > pediatric psychiatry at the McGill University Health

> Centre,

> > told

> > > > the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, held in

> > Montreal.

> > > >

> > > > Now a Quebec study, to be published next month in

> Pediatrics,

> > the

> > > > official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics,

> is

> > expected

> > > > to have a large impact on the hotly contested theory of

> > mercury-

> > > > based vaccines.

> > > >

> > > > Ten years ago, Quebec changed its vaccine formula and

> since

> > then

> > > > children in the province no longer got vaccines

> containing the

> > > > mercury-based preservative thimerosol, said Dr.

> Fombonne,

> > whose

> > > > study compared autism rates among children before and

> after

> > the

> > > > vaccine formulas changed.

> > > >

> > > > " My study is very clear in showing that there's no

> > relationship

> > > > between the level of exposure to thimerosol in vaccine

> and

> > autism, "

> > > > Dr. Fombonne said in an interview.

> > > >

> > > > " In fact, in my study the incidence of (autism) is

> higher in

> > the

> > > > years when there was no mercury, " he said.

> > > >

> > > > Convinced that mercury poisoning is responsible for

> their

> > children's

> > > > condition, some U.S. parents have tried chelation, an

> unproven

> > > > treatment believed to remove heavy metals from the body,

> in

> > the

> > > > belief it will cure the neurological and developmental

> > disorder.

> > > >

> > > > At least one child died because of the process, Dr.

> Fombonne

> > said.

> > > >

> > > > Autism is a spectrum neuropsychiatric disorder that

> impairs a

> > > > child's ability to communicate and interact with others.

> > > >

> > > > This article was first reported in: THE MONTREAL GAZETTE

> > > > This article was transcribed from the Ottawa Citizen,

> Saturday

> > June

> > > > 17, 2006 Section: A7

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > __________________________________________________

> > > >