9a. Excerpts from CDC's in-house conference: Thimerosal sequelae
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/library/IOM%20Simpsonwood%20in%20bold.pdf
9b. Blaylock R, MD. The thimerosal coverup – a thorough delineation of CDC, FDA knowledge about thimerosal circa 1999.
http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=45874&group=webcast
10a. House Subcommittee Hearing transcripts: Truth Revealed: New Scientific Discoveries Regarding Mercury in Medicine and Autism. September 08, 2004
http://reform.house.gov/WHR/Hearings/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=1311
10b. Testimony of Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN; President; Safeminds
http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Testimony Redwood.pdf
10c. Analysis and critique of the CDC's handling of the thimerosal exposure assessment based on Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) information. Safeminds, 2003.
http://www.momsonamissionforautism.org/index/VSD.SafeMinds.critique.pdf
10d. NoMercury.org – an information resource about thimerosal
http://www.nomercury.org/
11. Verstraeten T, Davis RL, DeStefano F et al. Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databases. Pediatrics. 2003 Nov;112(5):1039-48. Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;113(1):184.
12. Geier MR, Geier DA. Neurodevelopmental disorders after thimerosal-containing vaccines: a brief communication. Exp Biol Med 2003 228(6):660-4 PMID 12773696
"We were initially highly skeptical that differences in the concentrations of thimerosal in vaccines would have any effect on the incidence rate of neurodevelopmental disorders after childhood immunization. This study presents the first epidemiologic evidence, based upon tens of millions of doses of vaccine administered in the United States, that associates increasing thimerosal from vaccines with neurodevelopmental disorders."
13. Geier DA, Geier MR. An assessment of the impact of thimerosal on childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. Pediatr Rehabil. 2003 6(2):97-102 PMID 14534046
"The [thimerosal] dose-response curves showed increases in odds ratios of neurodevelopmental disorders from both the VAERS and US Department of Education data closely linearly correlated with increasing doses of mercury from thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and that for overall odds ratios statistical significance was achieved. Similar slopes and linear regression coefficients for autism odds ratios in VAERS and the US Department of Education data help to mutually validate each other."
14. Geier DA, Geier MR. A comparative evaluation of the effects of MMR immunization and mercury doses from thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines on the population prevalence of autism. Med Sci Monit. 2004 Mar;10(3):PI33-9. Epub 2004 Mar 01.
15. Geier MR, Geier DA. Autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines: analysis of the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). IOM presentation, Feb 9, 2004.
Slides: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=18392
Audio: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19120
16. Geier & Geier. Parents' worries about thimerosal in vaccines are well founded!
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/eletters/112/6/1394
[An excellent summary & rebuttal of pro-thimerosal articles.]
17. Baskin DS et al. Thimerosal induces DNA breaks, caspase-3 activation, membrane damage, and cell death in cultured human neurons and fibroblasts. Toxicol Sci. 2003 Aug;74(2):361-8. Epub 2003 May 28. PMID: 12773768
18. David Baskin, M.D. Relation of Neurotoxic Effects of Thimerosal to Autism. IOM presentation, Feb 9, 2004. Audio only: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19124
19. Pichichero ME et al. Mercury concentrations and metabolism in infants receiving vaccines containing thiomersal: a descriptive study. Lancet. 2002 30;360(9347):1737-41. PMID 12480426
"Interpretation: Administration of vaccines containing thiomersal does not seem to raise blood concentrations of mercury above safe values in infants." [But see cite 20]
20. Waly M et al. Activation of methionine synthase by insulin-like growth factor-1 and dopamine: a target for neurodevelopmental toxins and thimerosal. Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Apr;9(4):358-70. PMID: 14745455
"Our findings outline a novel growth factor signaling pathway that regulates MS activity and thereby modulates methylation reactions, including DNA methylation. The potent inhibition of this pathway by ethanol, lead, mercury [at nanomolar levels described by Pichichero et al), aluminum and thimerosal suggests that it may be an important target of neurodevelopmental toxins."
21. Richard C. Deth, Ph.D. Effects of Mercury on Methionine Synthase: Implications for Disordered Methylation in Autism Defeat Autism Now! 2003 Philadelphia
http://64.202.182.52/powerpoint/dan2003/RichardDeth.htm
22a. Mady Hornig, M.D Etiologic factors and pathogenesis of autism: evidence from clinical studies and animal models. IOM presentation Feb 9 2004 Audio only: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19108
22b. Mady Hornig, PhD: Testimony to House Subcommittee Sept 8 2004
http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Testimony Hornig.pdf
23. Westphal GA et al. Homozygous gene deletions of the glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 are associated with thimerosal sensitization. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2000 Aug;73(6):384-8. PMID: 11007341
24: Muller M et al. Inhibition of the human erythrocytic glutathione-S-transferase T1 (GST T1) by thimerosal. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2001 Jul;203(5-6):479-81. PMID: 11556154
25. Westphal GA et al. Thimerosal induces micronuclei in the cytochalasin B block micronucleus test with human lymphocytes. Arch Toxicol. 2003 Jan;77(1):50-5. Epub 2002 Nov 06. PMID: 12491041
26. Havarinasab S et al. Dose-response study of thimerosal-induced murine systemic autoimmunity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2004 194(2):169-79. PMID: 14736497
"The autoimmune syndrome induced by thimerosal is different from the weaker and more restricted autoimmune reaction observed after treatment with an equipotent dose of methylmercury."
27. Vojdani A, Pangborn JB et al. Infections, toxic chemicals and dietary peptides binding to lymphocyte receptors and tissue enzymes are major instigators of autoimmunity in autism. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2003 Sep-Dec;16(3):189-99. PMID: 14611720
28. Holmes AS, Blaxill MF, Haley BE. Reduced levels of mercury in first baby haircuts of autistic children. Int J Toxicol. 2003 Jul-Aug;22(4):277-85. PMID: 12933322
"Hair mercury levels in the autistic group were 0.47 ppm versus 3.63 ppm in controls, a significant difference. The mothers in the autistic group had significantly higher levels of mercury exposure through Rho D immunoglobulin injections and amalgam fillings than control mothers. Within the autistic group, hair mercury levels varied significantly across mildly, moderately, and severely autistic children, with mean group levels of 0.79, 0.46, and 0.21 ppm, respectively."
29. Boyd Haley, Ph.D. Reduced Levels of Mercury in First Baby Haircuts of Autistic Children. IOM presentation, Feb 9 2004.
Slides: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=18394
Audio: http://www.iom.edu/view.asp?id=19128
30: Boyd Haley, Ph.D. Nucleotides and Mercury Defeat Autism Now! 2003 Philadelphia
http://64.202.182.52/powerpoint/dan2003/Haley.htm
31. L-W. Hu et al. "Neutron Activation Analysis of Hair Samples for the Identification of Autism", Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 89, November 16-20, 2003.
32. Bernard S, Enayati A, Redwood L, Roger H, Binstock T. Autism: a novel form of mercury poisoning. Med Hypotheses. 2001 Apr;56(4):462-71. PMID: 11339848
33. Bernard S, Enayati A, Roger H, Binstock T, Redwood L. The role of mercury in the pathogenesis of autism. Mol Psychiatry. 2002;7 Suppl 2:S42-3. PMID: 12142947
34. Excerpts from CDC's in-house conference: Thimerosal sequelae
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/library/IOM%20Simpsonwood%20in%20bold.pdf
35. Congressman, Dr. Weldon's letter to the CDC director, available at:
http://momsonamissionforautism.org/Autism_Central/Dr_Weldon_Responds.shtml
36a. IOM presentation of Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D.
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/pdf/Weldon.pdf
36b. Doctors must prescribe without all the facts. Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. sanghavi@post.harvard.edu October 12, 2004
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/.../doctors_must_prescribe_without_all_the_facts
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