A study from Mark and David Geier concluded that the US should ban the use of thimerosal in vaccines. “It is hoped that complete removal of thimerosal from all childhood vaccines will help to stem the tragic, apparently iatrogenic (caused by the medical establishment) epidemic of autism and speech disorders that the US now faces.” Their study found:

• a strong correlation between thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and neurological disorders such as autism, and between the same vaccines and heart disease. Correlations were found both in VAERS, the US register of vaccination adverse events, and in US Department of Education data. Thimerosal-containing vaccines were 2-6 times more likely to lead to neurological damage or heart disease than vaccines not containing thimerosal

• that the eightfold rise in autism since the mid ’80s began at the same time as the introduction of thimerosal into vaccines

• that the volume of mercury in the thimerosal delivered to children taking the complete standard US vaccination programme exceeded federal safety guidelines for oral intake. (Federal safety guidelines for injected mercury (not that there are any) would have to be much lower as injecting a substance bypasses the digestive system branch of the immune system and favours a Th-2 immune response

Ed.- The human immune system requires a fine balance between two types of protector cells called T helper1 (Th1) and T helper 2 (Th2). Th1 cells inhibit hypersensitive reactions by reducing immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. Th2 cells increase IgE levels, thus encouraging hypersensitive (or atopic) reactions as a side effect. Recent work suggests that not only the classic atopic diseases - asthma, eczema and hay fever - but also diseases like tuberculosis, cancer, M.E. and Gulf War syndrome are linked to a shift in the immune system profile towards Th2 dominance.