ABC World News Tonight Endorses Use of Mercury in Children, Say NAA

[Guest guest]

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:

June 23, 2005

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

ABC World News Tonight Endorses Use of Mercury in Children,

Says National Autism Association

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

BLOODSTREAMS OF CHILDREN OK

New York, NY - 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.

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Think Autism. Think Cure.

[Guest guest]

,

Laurie is right on the money here!

Send a copy out! We would but it has much more of an impact comming

from someone as well respected as yourself. (I have no

respectability - so I am told ;-)

Shan

> > PRESS RELEASE

> > For Immediate Release:

> > June 23, 2005

> >

> > 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

> >

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

> > Says National Autism Association

> >

> > LAST NIGHT, ABC CRITICIZED HIGH-SUGAR CEREALS YET

> SUGGESTED INJECTED MERCURY IN BLOODSTREAMS OF CHILDREN

> OK

> >

> > New York, NY - 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.

> >

> > -30-

> >

> > Think Autism. Think Cure.