Study Finds Evidence for CDC Cover-Up of Link Between Autism and Mercury In VaccinesA new study finds the CDC may have covered up the clear and present danger associated with mercury in vaccines. selfnews Post A controversial new study published in Biomed Research International titled, Methodological Issues and Evidence of Malfeasance in Research Purporting to Show Thimerosal in Vaccines Is Safe, has exposed convincing evidence of wrong-doing on the part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in actively covering up the causal link between mercury in vaccines (Thimerosal) and harm to infants and children. According to the review, There are over 165 studies that have focused on Thimerosal, an organic mercury (Hg) based compound, used as a preservative in many childhood vaccines, and found it to be harmful. Of these, 16 were conducted to specifically examine the effects of Thimerosal on human infants or children with reported outcomes of death; acrodynia; poisoning; allergic reaction; malformations; auto-immune reaction; Wells syndrome; developmental delay; and neurodevelopmental disorders, including tics, speech delay, language delay, attention deficit disorder, and autism. [references for the 16 studies can be found here: #3-16] While the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states there is no relationship between [T]himerosal[-]containing vaccines and autism rates in children,[1] the researchers pointed out that a study conducted by CDC epidemiologists found a 7.6-fold increased risk of autism from exposure to Thimerosal during infancy. Moreover, The CDCs current stance that Thimerosal is safe and that there is no relationship between Thimerosal and autism is based on six specific published epidemiological studies coauthored and sponsored by the CDC. Owing to this glaring contradiction the review sought out to examine closely these six CDC conducted studies to find out how their results conflict with the findings of 75+ years of past research performed by multiple independent research groups that did find clear evidence of harm. The review references 16 studies that show Thimerosal exposure is associated with the subsequent diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. This brings to the fore the obvious question: how does the CDC conclude that there is no evidence of that relationship? The review of these six studies found that there were serious methodological issues present, listed as follows: The only CDC-sponsored study that found a clear link between mercury in vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders including autism The Verstraeten et al. (2003) Study[8] had 5 phases, with each successive phase seemingly manipulated to show less harm. Email evidence obtained through the US Freedom of Information Act of 1950 also indicates that lead researcher may have been pressured to water down the study results. Clearly, this new review indicates what is on the line when it comes to the clear and present danger associated with injecting mercury into infants and children, over and above the already questionable practice of injecting hundreds of active and inactive vaccine antigens into our offspring at their most critical and sensitive developmental window. The conventional medical establishment still maintains that there is a scientific consensus on mercurys safety in vaccines, despite the fact that it began to be phased out from the routine vaccination schedule in the United Sates, European Union, and other affluent countries, in 2005, in order to assuage popular and presumably irrational fears among irrational parents and so called anti-vaxxers. The fact that autism and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses have continued to expand, despite Thimerosals precautionary phase out in 2001 in the developed world, is often used as evidence that mercury was never a contributing factor. What may be more salient is the phase out reflected a tacit acknowledgment that Thimerosal was indeed a factor in the accumulating evidence for unintended, adverse health effects of vaccines. Also, mounting research now points to substituted vaccine adjuvants like aluminum hydroxide continuing to contribute to an epidemic of autoimmunity in immunized populations, including damage to the nervous system consistent with an explanation for vaccine-induced autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.[9] What this study shows is there was never a consensus on its safety, but rather smoke in mirrors generated in response to a signal of harm. And insofar as the CDC appears to have actively manipulated the results it uses as evidence to support its hardline policies and increasingly obvious agenda of mandatory vaccination, we owe it to ourselves to continue to exercise extreme caution in defaulting to faith in authority over the scientific evidence and commonsense itself. Notes: [1] Immunization Safety and Autism, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/00_pdf/CDCStudiesonVaccinesandAutism.pdf. [2] K. M. Madsen, M. B. Lauritsen, C. B. Pedersen et al., Thimerosal and the occurrence of autism: negative ecological evidence from Danish population-based data, Pediatrics, vol. 112, no. 3 I, pp. 604606, 2003. [3] P. Stehr-Green, P. Tull, M. Stellfeld, P.-B. Mortenson, and D. Simpson, Autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines: lack of consistent evidence for an association, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 101106, 2003. [4] A. Hviid, M. Stellfeld, J. Wohlfahrt, and M. Melbye, Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism, Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 290, no. 13, pp. 17631766, 2003. [5] N. Andrews, E. Miller, A. Grant, J. Stowe, V. Osborne, and B. Taylor, Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: a retrospective cohort study in the United Kingdom does not support a causal association, Pediatrics, vol. 114, no. 3, pp. 584591, 2004. [6] T. Verstraeten, R. L. Davis, F. DeStefano et al., Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databases, Pediatrics, vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 10391048, 2003. [7] C. S. Price, W. W. Thompson, B. Goodson et al., Prenatal and infant exposure to thimerosal from vaccines and immunoglobulins and risk of autism, Pediatrics, vol. 126, no. 4, pp. 656664, 2010. [8] T. Verstraeten, R. L. Davis, D. Gu, and F. DeStefano, Increased risk of developmental neurologic impairment after high exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccine in first month of life, in Proceedings of the Epidemic Intelligence Service Annual Conference, vol. 49, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, USA, 2000. [9] Seneff, et al Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure Entropy 2012, 14(11), 2227-2253 This article first appeared at GreenMedInfo. Please visit to access their vast database of articles and the latest information in natural health. 