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<blockquote data-source="post: 2836"><p>Bookmom- That is actually what the info was about. I am wondering if it is playing a double role as toxin and allergen. There seem to be alot of people with metal allergies. Here it is if anyone is interested.</p><p></p><p>Alert on Flawed Mercury Study /Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning</p><p></p><p>[From Teresa Binstock, autism researcher.]</p><p></p><p>On June 21-22, 2000, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization</p><p>Practices (ACIP) will be meeting in Atlanta. Vaccine-preservative Thimerosal</p><p>and its ethylmercury is on the agenda, as is the whitewash "study" hastily</p><p>prepared as Davis RL et al, whose authors include a primary participant in</p><p>early-infant injections of ethylmercury -- eg, the early hepB.</p><p>Letters to the ACIP have been prepared by each of the</p><p>vaccinal-mercury/autism co-authors.</p><p>Mine is herein below (with a few typos corrected). If you'd like a .doctor</p><p>format of the letter, please write me off-list and I'll e-send you a copy.</p><p>This post may be shared and reposted into other lists.</p><p>Perhaps a reporter or several can be encouraged to attend the Atlanta</p><p>conference, especially a reporter willing to peruse letters from the</p><p>autism/mercury co-authors plus from Susan Owens, as well as listening (with</p><p>a critical ear) to CDC pronouncements of the whitewash sort.</p><p>To: Members, ex officios, and liaisons June 19, 2000</p><p>Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices</p><p>Centers for Disease Control; Atlanta GA USA</p><p>Fr: Teresa Binstock</p><p>Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy</p><p>Box 1788; Estes Park CO 80517 USA</p><p>re: vaccinal ethylmercury, Davis RL et al study, EPA's recommended mercury</p><p>level</p><p>I am a co-author of Bernard et al, a paper which identifies vaccinal</p><p>ethylmercury as etiologically significant in autism and other</p><p>neurodevelopmental syndromes [See accompanying article]. (1). Today I</p><p>comment upon the neurologic effects of thimerosal in vaccines given to</p><p>infants, toddlers, and elderly individuals during the last 60 years.</p><p>1. As you know, thimerosal is a vaccine preservative which is 49.7%</p><p>ethylmercury, a substance whose toxicity is similar to that of methylmercury</p><p>(2). As a result, and according to data in hundreds of published studies, a</p><p>preponderance of evidence indicates that (a) thimerosal causes neurologic</p><p>damage in susceptible infants and toddlers, and (b) the increasing rate of</p><p>autism during the last three decades (3) is likely to have been caused by</p><p>physicians who injected ethylmercury during vaccinations (1).</p><p>2. Since our paper was made public in early April, a CDC group led by</p><p>Robert L. Davis has enacted a large-scale thimerosal-study and has</p><p>distributed two summary versions (3-4). I would like to thank Dr. Davis and</p><p>his co-authors for initiating their study and would like to emphasize that</p><p>the Davis et al study contains several major errors. Furthermore, if and as</p><p>Davis et al correct those errors, the Davis et al data demonstrate that,</p><p>indeed, thimerosal injected into infants and toddlers is causing neurologic</p><p>problems such as autism and ADHD in susceptible individuals.</p><p>3. In 1997, the EPA offered a guideline for a "safe" level of organic</p><p>mercury and based that level on fetal effects via Iraqi mothers who had</p><p>ingested grain containing methylmercury. Importantly, and this is a very</p><p>important point, the EPA's "safe" level is too high and does not take into</p><p>account the fact that organic-mercury toxicity has a dose-effects</p><p>distribution whereby -- at low doses such as those in vaccines -- only a</p><p>small percentage of individuals will be affected. To protect susceptible</p><p>infants and toddlers and to correctly evaluate neurologic damage in children</p><p>already diagnosed with neurologic problems, the EPA's recommended level for</p><p>organic mercury must be lowered.</p><p>4. A primary flaw in current versions of Davis et al arises from their</p><p>use of the EPA "safe" level as a basis for interpreting Vaccine Safety Link</p><p>data (4-5). Importantly -- and this too is a very important point -- if</p><p>Davis et al correct their model in accord with a lower safe-limit for</p><p>ethylmercury, so as to account for bolus doses and susceptibility factors,</p><p>then the data in Davis et al are highly consistent with a conclusion that</p><p>thimerosal-induced neurologic effects have resulted in autism-spectrum and</p><p>associated disorders.</p><p>In closing, I offer three points:</p><p>First: My co-authors and I are preparing a detailed critique of flaws</p><p>in the first two drafts of RL Davis et al and shall share them with Dr.</p><p>Davis and his colleagues as soon as possible so that an article they might</p><p>submit (eg, to the journal Pediatrics) can be corrected before submission</p><p>and publication.</p><p>Second: As established in the initial Bernard et al review (1) and as</p><p>further documented in a condensed version I have submitted to our group and</p><p>provided to the ATSDR's Mike Allred and to the ACIP's Gloria Kovach: For a</p><p>number of genetic and non-genetic reasons, some infants and toddlers have</p><p>increased susceptibility to organic mercury compounds. As a result, the EPA'</p><p>s "safe" limit is dangerously high and ought be lowered.</p><p>Third: If Richard L. Davis et al consider bolus-dose effects and</p><p>susceptibility-factors and then revise their model accordingly, then their</p><p>conclusion will state that the Vaccine Safety Datalink data are consistent</p><p>with thimerosal's neurologic impairment of children. Safe chelation</p><p>therapies ought be initiated in affected children; delay in initiating such</p><p>therapies will potentiate increased neurotoxicity in susceptible children</p><p>whose brains already contain vaccinal ethylmercury from thimerosal.</p><p>Sincerely, Teresa Binstock</p><p>1. Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning. Bernard S, Enayati A, Roger</p><p>H, Redwood L. Binstock T; April 3, 2000; revised May 17, 2000; originally</p><p>distributed via webpage of Cure Autism Now! Foundation,</p><p>2. Suzuki T, Takemoto TI, Kashiwazaki H, Miyama T. Metabolic fate of</p><p>ethylmercury salts in man and animal. Ch 12, p209-233 in: Mercury,</p><p>Mercurials, and Mercaptans. Miller MW, Clarkson TW, editors; Charles C.</p><p>Thomas, Springfield, 1973.</p><p>3. Yazbak FE. Autism `99, a national emergency. Internet publication 1999.</p><p>4. Davis RL, Verstraeten T, Gu D, DeStefano F, Thompson RS, Chen RT. Infant</p><p>exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and risk for subsequent</p><p>neurologic and renal disease. AAP Conference webpage, May 2000.</p><p>5. Davis RL, Verstraeten T, DeStefano F, Gu D, Pless R, Chen R, Black S,</p><p>Shinefield H, Wise R, Ball L, Braun M. Risk of neurologic and renal</p><p>impairment associated with Thimerosal-containing vaccines. Study summary</p><p>with partial-data and statistics as presented to Bernard et al and others by</p><p>Martin Myers, MD, CDC offices in WashDC, June 15, 2000.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=", post: 2836"] Bookmom- That is actually what the info was about. I am wondering if it is playing a double role as toxin and allergen. There seem to be alot of people with metal allergies. Here it is if anyone is interested. Alert on Flawed Mercury Study /Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning [From Teresa Binstock, autism researcher.] On June 21-22, 2000, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will be meeting in Atlanta. Vaccine-preservative Thimerosal and its ethylmercury is on the agenda, as is the whitewash "study" hastily prepared as Davis RL et al, whose authors include a primary participant in early-infant injections of ethylmercury -- eg, the early hepB. Letters to the ACIP have been prepared by each of the vaccinal-mercury/autism co-authors. Mine is herein below (with a few typos corrected). If you'd like a .doctor format of the letter, please write me off-list and I'll e-send you a copy. This post may be shared and reposted into other lists. Perhaps a reporter or several can be encouraged to attend the Atlanta conference, especially a reporter willing to peruse letters from the autism/mercury co-authors plus from Susan Owens, as well as listening (with a critical ear) to CDC pronouncements of the whitewash sort. To: Members, ex officios, and liaisons June 19, 2000 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Centers for Disease Control; Atlanta GA USA Fr: Teresa Binstock Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy Box 1788; Estes Park CO 80517 USA re: vaccinal ethylmercury, Davis RL et al study, EPA's recommended mercury level I am a co-author of Bernard et al, a paper which identifies vaccinal ethylmercury as etiologically significant in autism and other neurodevelopmental syndromes [See accompanying article]. (1). Today I comment upon the neurologic effects of thimerosal in vaccines given to infants, toddlers, and elderly individuals during the last 60 years. 1. As you know, thimerosal is a vaccine preservative which is 49.7% ethylmercury, a substance whose toxicity is similar to that of methylmercury (2). As a result, and according to data in hundreds of published studies, a preponderance of evidence indicates that (a) thimerosal causes neurologic damage in susceptible infants and toddlers, and (b) the increasing rate of autism during the last three decades (3) is likely to have been caused by physicians who injected ethylmercury during vaccinations (1). 2. Since our paper was made public in early April, a CDC group led by Robert L. Davis has enacted a large-scale thimerosal-study and has distributed two summary versions (3-4). I would like to thank Dr. Davis and his co-authors for initiating their study and would like to emphasize that the Davis et al study contains several major errors. Furthermore, if and as Davis et al correct those errors, the Davis et al data demonstrate that, indeed, thimerosal injected into infants and toddlers is causing neurologic problems such as autism and ADHD in susceptible individuals. 3. In 1997, the EPA offered a guideline for a "safe" level of organic mercury and based that level on fetal effects via Iraqi mothers who had ingested grain containing methylmercury. Importantly, and this is a very important point, the EPA's "safe" level is too high and does not take into account the fact that organic-mercury toxicity has a dose-effects distribution whereby -- at low doses such as those in vaccines -- only a small percentage of individuals will be affected. To protect susceptible infants and toddlers and to correctly evaluate neurologic damage in children already diagnosed with neurologic problems, the EPA's recommended level for organic mercury must be lowered. 4. A primary flaw in current versions of Davis et al arises from their use of the EPA "safe" level as a basis for interpreting Vaccine Safety Link data (4-5). Importantly -- and this too is a very important point -- if Davis et al correct their model in accord with a lower safe-limit for ethylmercury, so as to account for bolus doses and susceptibility factors, then the data in Davis et al are highly consistent with a conclusion that thimerosal-induced neurologic effects have resulted in autism-spectrum and associated disorders. In closing, I offer three points: First: My co-authors and I are preparing a detailed critique of flaws in the first two drafts of RL Davis et al and shall share them with Dr. Davis and his colleagues as soon as possible so that an article they might submit (eg, to the journal Pediatrics) can be corrected before submission and publication. Second: As established in the initial Bernard et al review (1) and as further documented in a condensed version I have submitted to our group and provided to the ATSDR's Mike Allred and to the ACIP's Gloria Kovach: For a number of genetic and non-genetic reasons, some infants and toddlers have increased susceptibility to organic mercury compounds. As a result, the EPA' s "safe" limit is dangerously high and ought be lowered. Third: If Richard L. Davis et al consider bolus-dose effects and susceptibility-factors and then revise their model accordingly, then their conclusion will state that the Vaccine Safety Datalink data are consistent with thimerosal's neurologic impairment of children. Safe chelation therapies ought be initiated in affected children; delay in initiating such therapies will potentiate increased neurotoxicity in susceptible children whose brains already contain vaccinal ethylmercury from thimerosal. Sincerely, Teresa Binstock 1. Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning. Bernard S, Enayati A, Roger H, Redwood L. Binstock T; April 3, 2000; revised May 17, 2000; originally distributed via webpage of Cure Autism Now! Foundation, 2. Suzuki T, Takemoto TI, Kashiwazaki H, Miyama T. Metabolic fate of ethylmercury salts in man and animal. Ch 12, p209-233 in: Mercury, Mercurials, and Mercaptans. Miller MW, Clarkson TW, editors; Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, 1973. 3. Yazbak FE. Autism `99, a national emergency. Internet publication 1999. 4. Davis RL, Verstraeten T, Gu D, DeStefano F, Thompson RS, Chen RT. Infant exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and risk for subsequent neurologic and renal disease. AAP Conference webpage, May 2000. 5. Davis RL, Verstraeten T, DeStefano F, Gu D, Pless R, Chen R, Black S, Shinefield H, Wise R, Ball L, Braun M. Risk of neurologic and renal impairment associated with Thimerosal-containing vaccines. Study summary with partial-data and statistics as presented to Bernard et al and others by Martin Myers, MD, CDC offices in WashDC, June 15, 2000. [/QUOTE]
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