"We have the most vaccinated kids in the world..."

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This is Anne McElroy Dachel's "Letter to the Editor" of the Centeral Valley (CA) Business Times, published on 8/9/07. For those of you who do not know Anne, she is a One-Woman Wonder, tackling the job of educating the press about the tragedy and epidemic of autism. Thank you, Anne, for all the work you are doing.

To the Editor:
The story about the $7.5 million dollar grant from the EPA to study the relationship between genes and environment triggers with regard to autism and other disabilities again seems to be avoiding a major health care controversy, while seeming to focus on the epidemic.

There is no doubt that many factors may be involved in the explosion of autism in the U.S., including exposure to chemicals during fetal development, but here again countless parents who claim their children became autistic after childhood vaccinations, will wonder if the purpose of this study is again to deflect focus on the vaccine issue.

San Diego Union Tribune recently reported, "Others think a combination of genetics and environmental factors is to blame. Some family members have postulated that mercury in certain vaccines may trigger the condition, although researchers have discounted that theory. The focus in San Diego will be on early development of autistic children, as well as the genetic footprint of the disorder's earliest stage." This research coincides with the National Institute of Health five year autism study now in progress which seems to be trying to strongly make the case that autism is present from birth.

The EPA and NIH are determined to look for any possible cause for autism other than the exposure to known neurotoxins in the dramatically expanded vaccine schedule starting in the 1980s.This chart compares the vaccine schedule in 1983 and 2007. There is no proof that vaccinating children with endless chemicals is in any way safe.

The vaccine schedule more than tripled in the last 24 years and many of these vaccines contained mercury. Everyone seems to have just accepted the claims of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that their studies show no link between vaccines and autism. They used the same kind of research published by the tobacco industry in the 1940s and 50s to disprove a link between smoking and lung cancer: Easily manipulated populations studies.
Here is a website explains that the vaccine issue isn't just about the mercury-based vaccine preservative, thimerosal. There are a host of other dangerous and deadly ingredients in vaccines.

We have the most vaccinated kids in the worlds and some of the sickest. As we have dramatically increased the number of vaccines, we've seen explosions in the rate of juvenile diabetes, childhood cancer, bowel disorders, asthma, allergies, and autism. In the 1970s, the autism rate was one in 10,000. Today it's one in every 150 children, including one in every 94 boys. The CDC attributes this to "better diagnosing and greater awareness" on the part of doctors and no real cause for concern.

Since this is an EPA grant, perhaps they would be interested to know that ninety percent of the flu vaccines recommended for six month old babies and pregnant woman at all stages of pregnancy contain a massive mercury assault. A pregnant woman receiving a flu shot gets 25 mcg of mercury. According to the EPA, that's intended for someone weighing 550 pounds. Mercury in those vaccines can easily pass the placental barrier and enter the developing baby.

It seems EPA guidelines don't apply to vaccines.

Sincerely,
Anne McElroy Dachel
Chippewa Falls, WI
USA