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Jewish World Review March 24, 2006 / 24 Adar, 5766 The Sushi that Stole the Headlines: Mercury and Autism, Autism RatesDecline as Mercury Removed from Childhood Vaccines, Independent AnalysisRefutes Institute of Medicine Claims of ‘No Relationship,’ Mercury Still Used in Flu & Other Vaccines By Drs. Michael A. Glueck & Robert J. Cihak http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | While the mercury-fish tale got the media play the mercury-autism hook swam away! A new study shows that autism is probably linked after all to the use of mercury in childhood vaccines. We've written about this relationship before and take some solace that this new study should clarify this haunting malady than afflicts our children. An article in the March 10, 2006 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS.org) shows that since mercury was removed from childhood vaccines, the alarming increase in reported rates of autism and other neurological disorders (NDs) in children not only stopped, but actually dropped sharply - by as much as 35 percent. Using the government's own databases, independent researchers analyzed reports of childhood NDs, including autism, before and after removal of mercury-based PRESERVATIVES Authors David A. Geier, B.A. and Mark R. Geier, M.D., Ph.D. analyze data from the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS) in "Early Downward Trends in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Following Removal of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines." Between 1989 and 2003, there was an explosion of autism. The incidence of autism (and other related disorders) went from about one in 2,500 children to one in every 166. Currently there are more than a half million children in the United States that have autism. The numbers from California show that reported autism rates hit a high in May 2003. If that trend had continued, the reports would have skyrocketed by the beginning of 2006. But in fact, the Geiers report that the number actually went down - with a real decrease of 22 percent. This analysis directly contradicts 2004 recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) which examined vaccine safety data from the National Immunization Program (NIP) of the CDC. The IOM, not willing to either rule out or corroborate a relationship between mercury and autism, soft-pedaled its findings and decided no more studies were needed. Geier and Geier write: "The IOM stated that the evidence favored rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal (mercury-based) and autism, that such a relationship was not biologically plausible, and that no further studies should be conducted to evaluate it." As more and more vaccines were added to the mandatory schedule of vaccines for children since 1989, the dose of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal rose, so that the cumulative dose injected into babies exceeded the toxic threshold set by many government agencies. Mercury is known to damage nerve cells in very low concentrations. The concern about vaccines may actually be understated as it is acknowledged that the voluntary reporting of such disorders has resulted in vast under reporting of new cases. The Iowa state legislature banned thimerosal from all vaccines administered there after it documented a 700-fold increase in that state alone. California followed suit, and 32 states are considering doing so. Up until about 1989 pre-school children got only three vaccines (Polio, DPT, MMR). By 1999 the CDC recommended a total of 22 vaccines be given before children reach the first grade, including Hepatitis B, which is given to newborns within the first 24 hours of birth. Many of these vaccines contained mercury. In the 1990s approximately 40 million children were injected with mercury-containing vaccines. The cumulative amount of mercury being given to children in this number of vaccines would be an amount 187 times the EPA daily exposure limit. In 1999, on the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)and U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), thimerosal was removed from most childhood vaccines as a "precautionary" measure - i.e., without admitting to any causal link between thimerosal and autism. Despite its removal from many childhood vaccines, thimerosal is still routinely added to some formulations of flu (influenza) vaccine administered to U.S. infants, as well as to several other vaccines (e.g., tetanus-diphtheria and monovalent tetanus) administered to older children and adults. Comments Jane Orient, M.D., executive director of The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), "Concerns about mercury and sushi have gotten a lot more play in the press than mercury and autism. I think adults can eat fish without worry, unless maybe it's pilot whale from waters heavily contaminated by effluent from chemical plants." Dr. Orient further notes, "Though epidemiological findings are always problematic to interpret, we have the equivalent of a 'challenge/dechallenge' experiment. Autism rates, as measured by two independent government databases, went up as mercury dose increased, and are going down as mercury dose decreases." Unfortunately, we may be imprudently undertaking a "rechallenge" phase by mandating thimerosal-containing influenza vaccine for children. As a consequence, assessing the safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines remains a matter of significant importance. A reader wrote to tell us that Adventis, the French manufacturer who produces vaccines containing thimerosal for use in the United States, does not put mercury into the vaccines for French usage. It seems that French law forbids its use. Until there is solid scientific evidence to the contrary, parents would be wise to avoid all mercury containing vaccines. When we make decisions regarding the future health of our children and grandchildren - and the well being of our families - why take any risk? The Geier article posted at www.JPandS.org includes links to the VAERS and CDDS databases. Editor's Note:: Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., scribed this week's commentary and thanks Kathryn Serkes of Washington, D.C. for contributing her background research. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D., is a multiple award winning writer who comments on medical-legal issues. Robert J. Cihak, M.D., is a Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and a past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Both JWR contributors are Harvard trained diagnostic radiologists. Comment by clicking here. Archives © 2006,

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