I have known for years this stuff is bad! It does not surprise me about this, I have known about this for years(with the study on the dogs), that is why I am writing about autism and other related topics to help others. I don't believe this thimerosal entirely causes autism, but it may be part of the reason why kids are autistic.
Internal documents reveal that Eli Lilly, which first developed thimerosal, knew from the start that its product could cause damage -- and even death -- in both animals and humans. In 1930, the company tested thimerosal by administering it to twenty-two patients with terminal meningitis, all of whom died within weeks of being injected -- a fact Lilly didn't bother to report in its study declaring thimerosal safe. In 1935, researchers at another vaccine manufacturer, Pittman-Moore, warned Lilly that its claims about thimerosal's safety "did not check with ours." Half the dogs Pittman injected with thimerosal-based vaccines became sick, leading researchers there to declare the preservative "unsatisfactory as a serum intended for use on dogs."
In the decades that followed, the evidence against thimerosal continued to mount. During the Second World War, when the Department of Defense used the preservative in vaccines on soldiers, it required Lilly to label it "poison." In 1967, a study in Applied Microbiology found that thimerosal killed mice when added to injected vaccines. Four years later, Lilly's own studies discerned that thimerosal was "toxic to tissue cells" in concentrations as low as one part per million -- 100 times weaker than the concentration in a typical vaccine. Even so, the company continued to promote thimerosal as "nontoxic" and also incorporated it into topical disinfectants. In 1977, ten babies at a Toronto hospital died when an antiseptic preserved with thimerosal was dabbed onto their umbilical cords
I tend to disagree about
I tend to disagree about chelation until more studies are proven effective regarding the treatments. One boy died in office from chelation therapy apparently. Plus there is not enough evidence to support the use of it medically speaking. Keep in mind this is my opinion only not others. Here is the newest article in the chigago tribune regarding chelation therapy.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-autism-treatments-nov22,0,70955...
On Chelation as a therapy-
On Chelation as a therapy- one should not go on autism alone. One should have hair samples sent to two different reputable laboratories for mercury and lead counts, and only IF the hair samples show 200% or greater concentration than standard, should chelation therapy be done.
If you find a DAN doctor who doesn't recommend this, then you've found a quack and you're better off taking your child elsewhere.
And in 2002, it stopped
And in 2002, it stopped being used in all vaccines in the United States, supposedly.
Which means if your child is less than 7 years old, vaccines were almost certainly NOT a factor in their autism. But don't forget, mercury is also in amalgam- the metal used for dental fillings.
Having said that, my own personal theory is this: A physical symptom of autism that has been overlooked by researchers is a predisposition towards heavy metal poisoning, from whatever source. Due to the similarity in behavior between autism and heavy metal poisoning, this can make autistic behaviors worse. A GFCF diet and chelation therapy can help reverse some of the effects of this, but not all the effects. And past age 24, the damage has been done, it's too late.