| You've seen the news stories. The mercury
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| | is a different form of mercury.
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| in childhood vaccinations has been linked
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| | Ethylmercury is broken down in the body
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| to everything from mental illness to
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| | and excreted relatively quickly. While
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| developmental disorders. But are these
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| | methylmercury is stored in the tissues of
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| stories actually credible or are they the
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| | the body, ethylmercury is not.The danger
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| result of an overzealous "natural"
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| | of mercury poisoning was graphically
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| movement? Let's look at the facts.
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| | illustrated in Iraq in the early 1970s.
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| Studies by four completely separate
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| | In 1971, Iraq imported a large amount of
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| research teams working on three different
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| | mercury-laden grain which Iraqi farmers
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| continents have failed to provide any
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| | later made into bread. At least 6500
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| evidence linking autism to the mercury in
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| | Iraqis were sickened and 450 died as a
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| childhood vaccines. Over and over,
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| | result of mercury poisoning. Pregnant
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| vaccines have been proven safe and
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| | women who ate the bread delivered babies
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| effective for the vast majority of
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| | suffering from epilepsy and retardation
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| children.Why Parents Are WorriedDespite
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| | but the incident of autism remained the
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| the fact that an overwhelming majority of
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| | same.And if mercury was really related to
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| mainstream physicians endorse vaccines as
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| | autism we would see an increased incident
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| a safe, effective way to prevent
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| | of this developmental disorder in
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| childhood illnesses, the media has
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| | breastfed babies. A baby who is nursed
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| afforded anti-vaccine proponents a
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| | exclusively will absorb more than ten
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| significant amount of attention on both
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| | times the amount of mercury used in all
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| the national and local levels. Using
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| | his childhood vaccines combined yet
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| scientifically shaky research, these
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| | there's no evidence that suggests
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| marginalized scientists have built
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| | breastfed babies are at any higher risk
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| compelling cases by preying on the fears
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| | than formula-fed infants.The Real
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| of worried parents who have neither the
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| | TragedyParents in the 1940s and 1950s
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| time nor resources to de-bunk them.The
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| | knew all too well what polio, measles and
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| truth is that autism is typically
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| | other childhood diseases could do to a
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| diagnosed at about the same time a child
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| | child's body. They feared the disease
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| receives most of his vaccines. Because
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| | much more than they feared the potential
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| the two events--vaccinations and the
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| | side-effects of the vaccines. By
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| diagnosis of autism--occur with months of
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| | contrast, today's young parents have
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| each other, parents just naturally
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| | likely never seen a child paralyzed by
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| associate the two. But the alleged
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| | polio or brain-damaged by measles. They
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| cause-and-effect relationship is nothing
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| | simply don't realize that these
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| more than mere coincidence.Evidence to
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| | once-common illnesses are still very real
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| the ContraryIt's important to realize
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| | threats to their children. And that's the
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| that the form of mercury we normally
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| | real tragedy. Thousands of children for
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| associate with mercury poisoning is very
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| | whom vaccines are both safe and
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| different from the form of mercury used
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| | appropriate are being put at risk by
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| to preserve vaccines. Methylmercury,
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| | parents who, for various reasons, choose
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| which is the "natural" form of mercury
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| | not to vaccinate.Lisa Barger is a
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| found in the environment, has long been
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| | traditional naturopath specializing in
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| recognized as a toxin, especially in high
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| | natural health education. To learn more
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| doses. However, ethylmercury, the form of
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| | about Ms.
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| mercury used to preserve some vaccines,
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