Vaccines cause autism: Supporting evidence

Vaccines cause autism: Supporting evidence







(NaturalNews) Rates of autism have skyrocketed 1000% since 1990, yet
defenders of vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry keep scratching
their heads in confusion: What could be causing this? Lots of clues
point to vaccines as one of the primary contributing factors to increased rates of autism.

In this article, we present supporting quotes from some of the
industry's top authors who write about the possible links between
autism and vaccines. Enjoy this collection of research.

Autism and vaccines

There is also a strong connection between all forms of vaccinations and autism. A U.S. study found that children who received vaccines containing a preservative called thimerosal, which is almost 50 percent mercury, were more than twice as likely to develop autism than children who did not. Although mercury has been removed from regular childhood vaccines due to growing safety worries, it is still present in other vaccines children might get.
- Toxic
Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by
Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets by Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton

Every year more and more children are being diagnosed with learning disabilities
and autism. What is the cause? According to many experts, including
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a senior attorney for the Natural Resources
Defense Council and author of Deadly Immunity, our government is to blame. There's growing evidence that shows that a drug called thimerosal is to blame. This drug is found in vaccines. The fact is the more vaccines kids get, the more autism, learning disabilities, and lifelong illness develops. The drug thimerosal is a preservative that was put in vaccines back in the 1930s.
- More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease by Kevin Trudeau

Autism is a catastrophic epidemic with an increase of 1,500% in the UK in the last decade. In California one in 150 children is autistic - a 54% increase in just 2001/2! The primary causes of autism known to come from vaccines, maternal overexposure to heavy metals and antibiotics, heavy metals from industry pollution of the air and water, and the chemicals used in the electronics industry.
Significantly, the first cases of autism were described in the US
shortly after the vaccines for whooping cough were introduced in the
1940s.
- Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health by Helke Ferrie

Could the number of vaccines now recommended actually be contributing
to the rise in children's chronic diseases like asthma, allergies,
autism, autoimmune disease, diabetes,
obesity, some cancers, and the growing epidemic of developmental
disorders? Remember, in just twenty-four years, we've gone from fewer
than ten vaccines to fifty vaccines, and there are more on the way. As
the childhood
health crisis worsens, more and more parents, and physicians, are
starting to question the effect these vaccines might be having on our
children's developing immune systems.
- Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) by Deirdre Imus

Mercury toxicity is a suspected cause of a steep rise - a tenfold
increase between 1984 and 1994 - in diagnosed cases of autism in
children around the world, according to some scientists. Specifically,
the culprit is thimerosal, a mercury-based compound used as a
preservative in vaccines commonly administered to babies and infants. Thimerosal-free vaccines are available. If you have a child who will be receiving vaccinations, ask for and make sure thimerosal-free vaccines are used.
- Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC

The first reported case of autism occurred after thimerosal, a
preservative for immunizations, was added to vaccines. Since then, the
incidence of autism has increased at an alarming rate. Thimerosal is
not a necessary additive and is toxic
to the human body, yet it has been used for years. And although
thimerosal has been phased out of childhood vaccines, the vast majority
of flu shots given to children and adults still contain it, and it is
believed that many pediatricians are still using unexpired vials of
thimerosal-containing vaccines.
- Super Health 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality by KC Craichy

Is it mere coincidence that rates of autism increased when the Center for Disease Control inserted additions to the recommended vaccination
program for infants in 1988? In the 1980s, autism rates were estimated
at only six in 10,000 children. Today one in 150 children is autistic,
though in some areas autism affects closer to one in 50 children. The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged that thimerosal can
be a neurotoxin (knowing very well that mercury is a neurotoxin), and
in 2004 stated that thimerosal-containing vaccines were associated with
autism.
- Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You by Andreas Moritz

Nonetheless there continues to be lively debate about environmental
roots of autism, which may have nothing to do with genetics. When
California researchers, for example, studied the association between
autism and environmental pollution in the San Francisco Bay area, they
discovered a potential connection between ambient metal concentrations,
and possibly chlorinated solvents, and an increased risk for autism. A
lot of controversy has also emerged concerning the mercury preservative
called thimerosol used in vaccines, as some believe it can cause
autism.
- The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps by Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith

The mercury in the vaccines causes autism, brain damage, and disease. The vaccines themselves cause the body to be in an unnatural state and set you up for major disease.
In the Natural Cures book I give you several other books that I
recommend to discuss vaccines. They are: A Shot in the Dark, by Harris
L. Coulter and Barbara Loe Fisher; Vaccines: Are They Really Safe &
Effective?, by Neil Z. Miller; and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You
About Children's Vaccinations, by Stephanie Cave, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., with
Deborah Mitchell.
- More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease by Kevin Trudeau

New evidence is constantly being uncovered and autism rates continue to
rise. In October 2004, US pediatrician Dr F. Edward Yazbak provided
another interpretation of the large overseas studies on which the vaccines' safety
profile was based. He said the definitive Danish study of more than
500,000 children born between 1991 and 1998 could not rule out a link
between MMR and autism because many children went on to get autism after
the trial had been concluded. 'The most important age group to look at
comprises children aged from five to nine,' he said. 'The number with
autism increased from 8.
- Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda by Jacky Law

The connection between vaccinations and autism may be mercury poisoning.
Thimerosal, a preservative used in many vaccines, contains about 50%
mercury. The increases in the occurrence of autism are closely linked to
the widespread use of thimerosal-containing vaccines. Mercury is
well-documented as a cause of nervous system deterioration, decline in
mental function, and learning problems. Certain symptoms of mercury poisoning are similar to autism, particularly defects in coordination and motor skills, visual disturbances, and immune suppression.
- Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition by Larry Trivieri, Jr.

Increased research
dollars are spent on developing new vaccines, but little has been done
to investigate the possible connection between vaccines and
developmental problems (as in the possible connection between the
measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism). The possible side effects of immunization, including rashes, fever, diarrhea, autism, and even death, have been considered to be minimal when compared to the benefits.
- Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition by Larry Trivieri, Jr.

It was determined that there was a close correlation between mercury
doses from thimerosal - containing childhood vaccines and the
prevalence of autism from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. In
contrast, there was a potential correlation between the number of
primary pediatric measles-containing vaccines administered and the
prevalence of autism during the 1980s.
- The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing by Gary Null and Amy McDonald

Orthodox medical opinion claims autism is caused by genetic defect, but
many people have been looking at the possibility that vaccines are at
the root of autism. Specifically, the concern centers around
thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative that was used in several
childhood vaccines until 1999, at which time thimerosol was removed or
greatly reduced. An estimated 80 percent of children show significant
improvement after detoxification of poisonous heavy metals from their
system.
- The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing by Gary Null and Amy McDonald

In 2000, the US Congress passed the Children's Health Act, mandating
its main research agency, the National Institutes of Health, to fund
five centres of excellence into autism research. 'Here was an
unprecedented political commitment to expand, intensify, and coordinate
research into autism and services for children living with autism,'
says Richard Horton, in his book MMR: Science and Fiction - Exploring a
Vaccine Crisis. Or the government could have anticipated a steep rise
in demand for individual vaccines, particularly against mumps.
- Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda by Jacky Law

In conclusion, it seems that a number of chemical factors play a role
in triggering the onset of autism. In the case of MMR-triggered autism,
the virus in this vaccine could be the final straw, triggering autism
in a child who has already been damaged by previous exposure to chemicals from vaccines and the environment. Major improvements can be made. They center around a detox program, a good rounded supplement program, and a diet low in gluten and dairy foods.
- Toxic
Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by
Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets by Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton

Since the 1990s, there has been a tenfold or 1000-percent increase in
autism, an increase which has been linked by some researchers to the
organic mercury preservative commonly found in baby
vaccines. A greatly increased incidence of juvenile diabetes has been
correlated to specific vaccination sequences and to the number of
vaccines given.
- The Natural Way to Heal: 65 Ways to Create Superior Health by Walter Last

We must ask: why were faulty tires quickly recalled when they were
dangerous while infant vaccines are not when there are so many claims
they appear to cause autism and brain
damage? If they are safe, use them. If they are not, stop using them.
And if there is serious doubt about their safety, err on the side of
caution. We should not allow the present autism epidemic to continue.
The bottom line is: Decisions by federal or state agencies for either
vaccines or the use of drugs such as Ritalin® should be recommended and
suggested but not compulsory or mandatory.
- Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call by Doris J. Rapp, M.D.

The use of the mercury-based thimerosal as a preservative in vaccines
has been associated with autism. Despite the evidence, mercury is still
being added to vaccines at completely unsafe levels considering the
fact that it is a known neurotoxin. A recent study conducted by the
University of Calgary showed that mercury ions alter the cell-membrane
of developing neurons in babies and young children, directly contributing to autism.
- Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You by Andreas Moritz

Studies have shown that the poisons in vaccinations are a major cause
of learning disabilities, autism and mental retardation in children.
Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical
Controversy by David Kirby is one of several books exposing this
danger. The drug companies even lobbied to get a rider attached to the
Homeland Security Bill that prevents people from suing them for the
damage done by vaccinations!


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