By Dave Mihalovic
PhD Scientist and Biochemist Reveals Hidden CDC Documents Showing Thimerosal In Vaccines Increase Neurologic Disorders
The
CDC has been shunning the correlations between thimerosal and
neurological disorders for a very long time. Although the FDA gave a two
year deadline to remove the mercury based preservative from vaccines
after the neurotoxin was banned in 1999, it still remains to this day in
60 percent of flu vaccines. A vaccine industry watchdog has now
obtained CDC documents that show statistically significant risks of
autism associated with the vaccine preservative, something the CDC
denies even when confronted with their own data.
For nearly ten years, Brian Hooker has
been requesting documents that are kept under tight wraps by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His more than 100 Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) requests have resulted in copious evidence that
the vaccine preservative Thimerosal, which is still used in the flu shot
that is administered to pregnant women and infants, can cause autism
and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Hooker, a PhD scientist, worked with
two members of Congress to craft the letter to the CDC that recently
resulted in his obtaining long-awaited data from the CDC, the
significance of which is historic. According to Hooker, the data on over
400,000 infants born between 1991 and 1997, which was analyzed by CDC
epidemiologist Thomas Verstraeten, MD, “proves unequivocally that in
2000, CDC officials were informed internally of the very high risk of
autism, non-organic sleep disorder and speech disorder associated with
Thimerosal exposure.”
Factually, thimerosal is a
mercury-containing compound that is a known human carcinogen, mutagen,
teratogen and immune-system disruptor at levels below 1
part-per-million, and a compound to which some humans can have an
anaphylactic shock reaction. It is also a recognized reproductive and
fetal toxin with no established toxicologically safe level of exposure
for humans.
In November, 1997, the U.S. Congress
passed the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act, requiring the
study of mercury content in FDA-approved products. The review disclosed
the hitherto-unrecognized levels of ethylmercury in vaccines.
In July 1999, public-health officials
announced that thimerosal would be phased out of vaccines. The CDC,
American Academy of Pediatrics, and FDA insisted that the measure was
purely precautionary. They requested of all vaccine manufacturers to
eliminate mercury from vaccines.
The requests were denied by vaccine manufacturers and continued every year thereafter.
The FDA does not require ingredients
that comprise less than 1 percent of a product to be divulged on the
label, so a lot more products may have thimerosal and consumers will
never know.
Elevated Risk of Autism
When the results of the Verstraeten study were first reported outside the CDC in 2005, there was no evidence that anyone but Dr. Verstraeten within the CDC had known of the very high 7.6-fold elevated relative risk of autism from exposure to Thimerosal during infancy. But now, clear evidence exists. A newly-acquired abstract from 1999 titled, “Increased risk of developmental neurologic impairment after high exposure to Thimerosal containing vaccine in first month of life” required the approval of top CDC officials prior to its presentation at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference. Thimerosal, which is 50% mercury by weight, was used in most childhood vaccines and in the RhoGAM shot for pregnant women prior to the early 2000s.
When the results of the Verstraeten study were first reported outside the CDC in 2005, there was no evidence that anyone but Dr. Verstraeten within the CDC had known of the very high 7.6-fold elevated relative risk of autism from exposure to Thimerosal during infancy. But now, clear evidence exists. A newly-acquired abstract from 1999 titled, “Increased risk of developmental neurologic impairment after high exposure to Thimerosal containing vaccine in first month of life” required the approval of top CDC officials prior to its presentation at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference. Thimerosal, which is 50% mercury by weight, was used in most childhood vaccines and in the RhoGAM shot for pregnant women prior to the early 2000s.
The CDC maintains there is “no
relationship between Thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism rates in
children,” even though the data from the CDC’s own Vaccine Safety
Datalink (VSD) database shows a very high risk. There are a number of
public records to back this up, including this Congressional Record from
May 1, 2003. The CDC’s refusal to acknowledge thimerosal’s risks is
exemplified by a leaked statement from Dr. Marie McCormick, chair of the
CDC/NIH-sponsored Immunization Safety Review at IOM. Regarding
vaccination, she said in 2001, “…we are not ever going to come down that
it [autism] is a true side effect…” Also of note, the former director
of the CDC, which purchases $4 billion worth of vaccines annually, is
now president of Merck’s vaccine division.
Toxic Effects of Thimerosal No Longer Disputed by Scientific Study
Thimerosal-Derived Ethylmercury in vaccines is now well established as a mitochondrial toxin in human brain cells.
There are dozens of scientific inquiries
and studies on the adverse effects of thimerosal, including
gastrointestinal abnormalities and immune system irregularities.
Thimerosal, is metabolized (converted)
into the toxic and “harmful” methylmercury. And then in turn, the
harmful methylmercury is metabolized (converted) into the most harmful,
long-term-toxic, “inorganic” mercury that is retained in bodily tissue.
“Inorganic” mercury is the end product
of mercury metabolism. Methylmercury subject groups confirm that the
metabolic pathway for mercury in the human and animal body consists in
the reduction/conversion of the harmful methylmercury into a more
harmful “inorganic” mercury which is tissue-bound, and long-term-toxic.
Hence, both the originating substance (methylmercury) and its
conversion/reduction, inorganic mercury are found.
Based on published findings by Dr. Paul
King, the metabolic pathway for organic mercury involves the conversion
of Ethylmercury (Thimerosal) into “methylmercury” and then the further
reduction of “methylmercury” into inorganic mercury.
Congress Must Act
Dr. Hooker’s fervent hope for the
future: “We must ensure that this and other evidence of CDC malfeasance
are presented to Congress and the public as quickly as possible. Time is
of the essence. Children’s futures are at stake.” A divide within the
autism community has led to some activists demanding that compensation
to those with vaccine-injury claims be the top priority before Congress.
Dr. Hooker maintains that prevention, “protecting our most precious
resource — children’s minds,” must come first. “Our elected officials
must be informed about government corruption that keeps doctors and
patients in the dark about vaccine risks.”
Referring to an organization that has
seen its share of controversy this past year, Dr. Hooker remarked, “It
is unfortunate that SafeMinds issued a press release on my information,
is accepting credit for my work and has not supported a worldwide ban on
Thimerosal.”
Brian Hooker, PhD, PE, has 15 years
experience in the field of bioengineering and is an associate professor
at Simpson University where he specializes in biology and chemistry. His
over 50 science and engineering papers have been published in
internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hooker has a
son, aged 16, who developed normally but then regressed into autism
after receiving Thimerosal-containing vaccines
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