15 September 2010

Autism and vaccines


According to an article posted yesterday at Medical News Today, a new study has found no link between autism and the use of thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in a number of vaccines. The findings, from an article published in the medical journal Pediatrics, were that thimerosal in vaccines "does not increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)" and, in fact found that the children in the study who were already on the spectrum had less exposure to thimerosal than the children without ASDs.

Read the entire article from Medical News Today at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/201047.php

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