Danish Scientist (who proved vaccines don't cause autism) Absconds with $2 million

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Danish Scientist Absconds with $2 million

Key character who " proved " vaccines don't cause autism

A Danish scientist who was a key researcher in two studies that purport to show

that mercury used in vaccines and the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine do not

cause autism is believed to have used forged documents to steal $2 million from

Aarhus University in Denmark according to reports in the Copenenhagen Post

Online and a statement from Aarhus University.

Poul Thorsen, MD PhD, headed up a research unit at Aarhus University that was

hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare a series of

studies that would exonerate thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and

adjuvant used in vaccines, and the MMR vaccine from any role in causing autism.

The veracity of the three studies he co-authored is now in doubt.

These studies formed the foundation for the conclusions of several Institute of

Medicine reports that claimed that it was highly unlikely that thimerosal or MMR

were implicated in autism.

In a statement Aarhus University officials said that believe Poulsen forged

documents supposedly from the CDC to obtain the release of $2 million from the

University. Poulsen resigned abruptly in March 2009 and left Denmark. Since then

Thorsen has held several jobs in the US, first at Emory University in Atlanta

and then at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Documents show that as late as

January 22, 2009. Thorsen was employed at Drexel. Any reference to Poulsen has

now been deleted from the Drexel website.

Investigations also revealed that while employed full-time for the University of

Aarhus in Denmark, Poulsen simultaneously held a fulltime position at Emory

University in Atlanta, and drew salaries from both Universities despite a

contract with Aarhus forbidding outside employment. According to the statement

from Aarhus University.

Autism advocacy groups have published extensive analyses on Thorsen's studies

and found many problems in methods, assumptions and conclusions that are

supported by the data. And Thorsen is the lynchpin in the series of studies used

to dismiss concerns about thimerosal and MMR causing autism.

See SAFEMINDS analysis of Thorsen's role in the discredited studies here:

http://www.safeminds.org/news/pressroom/press_releases/20040518_AutismAuthorsNet\

work.pdf

See the Copenhagen Post Online article at:

http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48229-researcher-accus\

ed-of-cheating-uni-out-of-millions.html

See the statement from Aarhus University

http://www.rescuepost.com/files/thorsen-aarhus.pdf

Read more at Age ff Autism at: www.ageofautism.com

The two studies now in doubt include:

Thimerosal and the occurrence of autism: negative ecological evidence from

Danish population-based data.

Madsen KM, Lauritsen MB, Pedersen CB, Thorsen P, Plesner AM, Andersen PH,

Mortensen PB, Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):604-6.

A population-based study of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and autism.

Madsen KM, Hviid A, Vestergaard M, Schendel D, Wohlfahrt J, Thorsen P, Olsen J,

Melbye M., N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 7;347(19):1477-82.

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> Danish Scientist Absconds with $2 million

> Key character who " proved " vaccines don't cause autism

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> A Danish scientist who was a key researcher in two studies that purport to

show that mercury used in vaccines and the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine

do not cause autism is believed to have used forged documents to steal $2

million from Aarhus University in Denmark according to reports in the

Copenenhagen Post Online and a statement from Aarhus University.

>

> Poul Thorsen, MD PhD, headed up a research unit at Aarhus University that was

hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare a series of

studies that would exonerate thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and

adjuvant used in vaccines, and the MMR vaccine from any role in causing autism.

The veracity of the three studies he co-authored is now in doubt.

>

> These studies formed the foundation for the conclusions of several Institute

of Medicine reports that claimed that it was highly unlikely that thimerosal or

MMR were implicated in autism.

>

> In a statement Aarhus University officials said that believe Poulsen forged

documents supposedly from the CDC to obtain the release of $2 million from the

University. Poulsen resigned abruptly in March 2009 and left Denmark. Since then

Thorsen has held several jobs in the US, first at Emory University in Atlanta

and then at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Documents show that as late as

January 22, 2009. Thorsen was employed at Drexel. Any reference to Poulsen has

now been deleted from the Drexel website.

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> Investigations also revealed that while employed full-time for the University

of Aarhus in Denmark, Poulsen simultaneously held a fulltime position at Emory

University in Atlanta, and drew salaries from both Universities despite a

contract with Aarhus forbidding outside employment. According to the statement

from Aarhus University.

>

> Autism advocacy groups have published extensive analyses on Thorsen's studies

and found many problems in methods, assumptions and conclusions that are

supported by the data. And Thorsen is the lynchpin in the series of studies used

to dismiss concerns about thimerosal and MMR causing autism.

>

> See SAFEMINDS analysis of Thorsen's role in the discredited studies here:

>

http://www.safeminds.org/news/pressroom/press_releases/20040518_AutismAuthorsNet\

work.pdf

>

> See the Copenhagen Post Online article at:

>

http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/48229-researcher-accus\

ed-of-cheating-uni-out-of-millions.html

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> See the statement from Aarhus University

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> http://www.rescuepost.com/files/thorsen-aarhus.pdf

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> Read more at Age ff Autism at: www.ageofautism.com

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> The two studies now in doubt include:

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> Thimerosal and the occurrence of autism: negative ecological evidence from

Danish population-based data.

> Madsen KM, Lauritsen MB, Pedersen CB, Thorsen P, Plesner AM, Andersen PH,

Mortensen PB, Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):604-6.

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> A population-based study of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and

autism.

> Madsen KM, Hviid A, Vestergaard M, Schendel D, Wohlfahrt J, Thorsen P, Olsen

J, Melbye M., N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 7;347(19):1477-82.

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