Sometimes
bad things
happen, but here's something GOOD to know now that more
of the Swine Flu vaccine is finally being released: A recent
study published in a peer-reviewed journal found that 2 to 5
year old children diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum
disorders had blood mercury levels similar to those of
typically
developing control children after adjusting for a variety of
sources. Thus mercury in the children's blood did not appear
to be the cause of autism.
In all likelihood, we'd have better and safer vaccines if
in our preparations we were able to account for the
biological differences between men and women. Under the
current guidelines, men and women get equal-sized
doses of flu vaccines. Yet women's bodies generate a
stronger antibody response than men's do, research shows,
so less vaccine may be needed to immunize them.
Mercury has drawn particular attention in terms of autism
because of its known neurotoxicity. The objective of this
study was to compare blood mercury concentrations in
typically developing children to concentrations in children
with autism, and also to
analyze whether differences in mercury sources such, as fish
consumption, explained any differences in blood mercury
levels among the groups. The researchers also examined
dental, medical (including vaccinations) and pharmaceutical
sources of mercury exposure.
They reported that consumption of tuna, other ocean fish
and freshwater fish was the primary predictor of total blood
mercury for both typically developing children and those with
autism or developmental delay. Surprisingly, they found that
the autistic children in their study were LESS likely to eat
mercury contaminated fish.
Higher blood mercury was also seen in children with amalgam
dental fillings who ground their teeth or chewed gum.
One
event leads to another but it does not appear at present
that vaccination leads to autism. Something that
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