In the 1990s reported Autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today.
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About the Author: David Kirby has been a contributor to The New York Times for eight years, where he writes articles about science and health, among other subjects.
In the end, as research is beginning to demonstrate, the questions raised by these families have significant implications for all children, and for those entrusted to oversee our national health.
From closed meetings of the FDA, CDC, and drug companies, to the mysterious rider inserted into the 2002 Homeland Security Bill that would bar thimerosal litigation, to open hearings held by Congress, this book shows a Medical establishment determined to deny "Evidence of harm" that might be connected with thimerosal and Mercury in vaccines.
An important and troubling book, Evidence of Harm reveals both the public and unsung obstacles faced by desperate families who have been opposed by the combined power of the federal government, health agencies, and pharmaceutical giants.
But as they dug deeper, the families also found powerful allies in Congress and in the small community of physicians and researchers who believe that the rise of Autism and other disorders is linked to toxic levels of Mercury that accumulate in the systems of some children.
Alarmed by the levels of Mercury in the vaccine schedule, these families sought answers from their doctors, from science, from pharmaceutical companies that manufacture vaccines, and finally from the Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration-to no avail.
Following several families, David Kirby traces their struggle to understand how and why their once-healthy kids rapidly descended into silence or disturbed behavior, often accompanied by severe physical illness.
Evidence of Harm explores the heated Controversy over what many parents, physicians, public officials, and educators have called an "epidemic" of afflicted children.
Most of these shots contained a little-known preservative called thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury.
This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation\'s already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given soon after birth or in the early months of infancy.
In the 1990s reported Autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today
