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Thimerosal contains
ethylmercury, a potent neurotoxin. Thimerosal, administered through
vaccines, is the primary source of mercury exposure and the root cause
of the autism epidemic. Thimerosal is an untested, unnecessary vaccine
preservative. Today, most vaccines are available with reduced or no
amounts of Thimerosal (with the exception of the flu vaccine with 25
micrograms per shot) and are still effective. Many health
organizations, physicians, and scientists agree that there is no safe
level of mercury. Being anti-mercury is distinct from being
anti-vaccine.
Using a potent neurotoxin in the vaccines given to infants
and children has seriously eroded the public's trust in the vaccine
program. The unwillingness of most public authorities to acknowledge
the true cause of the current epidemic will only further erode this
trust. To try to turn the argument back around and accuse advocates of
the mercury-autism connection as being "anti-vaccine" is nothing more
than an attempt to muddy the debate for reasons of self-interest and
self-protection.
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