Originally published November 27 2005
Tennessee legislators attempt to ban thimerosal from childhood vaccines
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Susan Lynn, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, is sponsoring a bill that would ban the use of thimerosal in vaccines for children, but Tennessee medical officials are opposing the legislation, saying the mercury preservative has not been linked to autism or any other ailment.
The pediatricians and the renowned hospital say the mercury preservative, called thimerosal, is not dangerous and not linked to autism or any other ailment.
What bothers Lynn is they can't tell her the autism rate in Americans who've never been vaccinated.
There hasn't really been a study done, but it doesn't seem that there is a problem among unvaccinated populations.
Lynn's question echoes one this column has been raising for several months -- where are the studies that would exonerate thimerosal by demonstrating that unvaccinated Americans have just as much autism as those who received the full slate of state-mandated, mercury-containing childhood immunizations?
Federal health experts say that is not a good group to study because they might be protected from autism by their isolated gene pool.
A number of readers have offered similar observations about a number of other groups.
"I read the science and read the experience of these parents and I realized, you know what, there really could be something here.
Her son, Michael, was diagnosed with ADHD -- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- at age 3; their doctor said they would have to wait till he was 6 to put him on Ritalin.
Researching the subject on her own, she came across the controversial Feingold Diet that eliminates various foods including those with artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
When the controversy over a possible thimerosal-autism link arose, she learned that some scientists suspect ADHD and autism might be on opposite ends of a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders triggered by a toxic exposure.
In 1999 the U.S. Public Health Service and the pediatricians group urged that manufacturers phase out thimerosal in childhood vaccines as soon as possible.
All content posted on this site is commentary or opinion and is protected under Free Speech. Truth Publishing LLC takes sole responsibility for all content. Truth Publishing sells no hard products and earns no money from the recommendation of products. NaturalNews.com is presented for educational and commentary purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice from any licensed practitioner. Truth Publishing assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of this material. For the full terms of usage of this material, visit www.NaturalNews.com/terms.shtml