STUDY Finds Thimerosal Found In Child & Flu Vaccines Causes Autism

The pro and anti-vaccinations groups have been debating about thimerosal for years, and now it’s over. Check out the article we found at Wakeup World.

A long-held debate between pro- and anti-vaccinationgroups may finally be put to rest over the association between thimerosal — a preservative composed of 49.5% ethyl mercury used in numerous child and flu vaccines — and neurological disorders, particularly autism.

For nearly a decade, biochemist Brian Hooker, Ph.d., has been petitioning documents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in relation to the controversial preservative. After more than 100 requests, the documents were eventually released — and clearly showed thimerosal can in fact cause autism and other neuro development disorders. But this isn’t the only study that demonstrates the brain and health harming nature of the compound.

Toxicity of thimerosal no longer in question

A study in the Journal of Toxicology from the Methodist Hospital Department of Neurosurgery in Houston, Texas, establishes thimerosal as a potent mitochondrial toxin in human brain cells. Researchers found thimerosal-derived ethyl mercury not only inhibited mitochondrial function, but also increased the formation of potent brain-damaging oxidants. The authors conclude: “The results of this study suggest that ethyl mercury is a mitochondrial toxin in human astrocytes [cells associated with neurons in the central nervous system]. We believe that this finding is important, particularly since the number of diseases in which mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated are rapidly increasing.”

Additionally, Sharon E. Jacob, M.D., and Ran Huo, B.S. write:

“The main concern with thimerosal involves its metabolite — ethyl mercury. Hat makers, or “hatters” in the 1800s, were notorious for suffering from dementias due to the mercury nitrate used in felt processing. This mercury-associated dementia in felt workers was the inspiration for the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and the origin of the phrase “mad as a hatter”. The Mad Hatter’s disease, also known as erythrism, includes a constellation of dementia, stomatitis, muscle spasm, tremor and skin rashes. … Acute or chronic exposure to organic and inorganic mercury can result in renal, neurologic and dermal toxicity.” [source]

According to findings by Dr. Paul King, ethyl mercury (thimerosal) is metabolized by the body into methyl mercury — the most dangerous and deadly form as it’s retained in bodily tissue and poses long-term toxicity issues.

Over 75 documents and studies demonstrate the adverse effects of thimerosal, many of which are related to irregularities in autistic children. As a mercury-containing compound, thimerosal is a recognized human carcinogen, damages the immune system, can cause anaphylactic shock and is a known reproductive and fetal toxin.

Safety issues of thimerosal caught the attention of the U.S. government and, in November 1997, Congress passed the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, which required an investigation into the mercury content of FDA-approved products. Because of this, previously unrecognized levels of ethyl mercury in vaccines were brought to light.

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