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• Title:Evidence of harm : mercury in vaccines and the autism epidemic : a medical controversy / David Kirby.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kirby, David, 1960-
  
• Published/Created:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM203.5 .K57 2005
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Vaccination of children--Complications--United States.
  Autism in children--Etiology.
  Developmental disabilities--Etiology.
  Organomercury compounds--Toxicology.
  Vaccines industry--Corrupt practices--United States.
  Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices--United States.
  
• Medical Subjects: Autistic Disorder--etiology.
  Lobbying.
  Mercury--adverse effects.
  Preservatives, Pharmaceutical--adverse effects.
  Thimerosal--adverse effects.
  Vaccination--adverse effects.
  United States.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xvi, 460 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:In the 1990s reported autism cases among American children began spiking. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given in the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained the preservative thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury. This book explores the heated controversy over what many have called an "epidemic" of afflicted children. The author traces the struggle of several families to understand how and why their once-healthy kids rapidly descended into silence or disturbed behavior, often accompanied by severe physical illness. Alarmed by the levels of mercury in the vaccine schedule, these families sought answers to no avail. In the end, as research is beginning to demonstrate, the questions raised have significant implications for all children, and for those entrusted to oversee our national health.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0312326440
  9780312326449
  9789780312329
  9780312323
  
• Contents:Mothers on a mission
  Injecting fear
  Mercury rising
  Red flags on the hill
  Hidden agendas
  Safe minds
  Mounting evidence
  Damn lies and statistics
  War on four fronts
  Homeland insecurity
  "Proof" on both sides
  Showdown
  Paying the piper.