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Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative To Brain Injury
03 Oct 2009
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A new study in the leading scientific journal NeuroToxicology lends further credence to parents andscientists concerned about an increasingly aggressive childhood vaccine schedule and toxic vaccinecomponents. A team led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that infant macaquemonkeys receiving a single Hepatitis B vaccine containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosalunderwent significant delays in developing critical reflexes controlled by the brainstem. The infantmacaques that did not receive vaccines developed normally.Government vaccine guidelines were expanded in 1991 to include a Hepatitis B vaccine for infants withinthe first few days of life, even though the disease is primarily transmitted sexually or spread through theuse of dirty needles. The introduction of the shot was part of a greatly accelerated vaccine schedule thatcoincides with the drastic increase in autism, which now affects one in 100 American children.Thimerosal was removed from U.S. Hepatitis B vaccines in 2000 but was not recalled from the marketand was administered for approximately two more years. It still remains in other vaccines including allmulti-dose shots for both the seasonal flu and H1N1.Current government recommendations for seasonal flu and H1N1 call for pregnant women to receiveboth vaccines, and children as young as six months to receive as many as four separate flu shots. "Thisalso doesn't take into account that nursing infants may be exposed to additional mercury throughbreastmilk should both mother and baby be vaccinated," says National Autism Association (NAA) boardchair Lori McIlwain. "This study's outcome confirms that such an over-the-top toxic vaccine schedule isan assault on the developing brains of our children."
Specifically, the study found:
-- Thirteen newborn rhesus macaques were given a Hepatitis B vaccine containing a standardized doseof thimerosal adjusted for their weight, four received a saline placebo, and three were not given anyshots.-- Vaccinated animals experienced a significant delay in the acquisition of three survival reflexescompared to unvaccinated animals. Root, snout, and suck reflexes, critical to animal survival in the wild,were delayed in the vaccinated macaques.-- These reflexes are controlled by the brainstem, a vital part of the brain that regulates automaticfunctions such as breathing, heart rate, and intestinal activity.v -- Neonatal responses in unvaccinatedcontrol animals were not delayed.-- The delay in acquisition of three of the four survival reflexes was not contingent on birth weight or gestational age.For years, parents of children with autism have lobbied government health agencies to conduct researchcomparing the health of vaccinated children to that of unvaccinated children, and to remove thimerosalfrom all vaccines. Neither request has been met."This study underscores the lack of appropriate government action to ensure the safety of vaccines. Hadour government agencies conducted the most basic research on the implications to children's healthfrom the vaccines they rigorously promote, they could have spared thousands of children theneurological injuries they endure today," said Ms. McIlwain. "It's shameful."Source: National Autism AssociationArticle URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166102.php
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