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Hayley Watson
Deby Jizi
UWRT 1102-09
21 March 2016

Double Entry Journal

Citation: Kirby, David. Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: a
Medical Controversy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Print.

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Many children born to mother s who ate the I believe this shows that mercury definitely
contaminated fish or grain showed signs of
has a connection to neurological disorders
developmental impairment, ranging from
when you are exposed too much.
severe neurological disorders in the worst
exposures, to problems with language,
memory, or attention in milder cases. Chpt
3 Pg. 49
But EPA took things a step further. The
maximum daily exposure was thus lowered
to a conservative level of 0.1 micrograms
per kilogram. The other agencies were less
cautious. The ATSDR calculated the safety
limit to be .3 micrograms per kilogram per
day, and FDA officials set the limit at .4
micrograms per kilogram per day. Chpt. 3
Pg 49

These are exposure rates that through studies

they found were safe to be exposed to on a
daily basis. Which is not hard to avoid on a
day to day basis.

They found out that most American

children were being exposed to levels in
excess of federal limits, especially when
calculated in single-day bolus doses. For
example, a two month old weighing 5
kilograms could have been exposed to 62.5
micrograms of mercury in a single day.
Chpt 3 Pg 49

I could not believe the amount of mercury in

that little children are exposed too. This is
considered dangerously high for adults
according to the daily exposure rates but this
could definitely be even more dangerous to a
little child who is still developing. This has
concerned me greatly as I hope to one day
have children of my own.

But the more Sallie learned about the

I am not sure if this is accurate. I have found

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symptoms of mercury poisoning, the more
convinced she became of their similarities to
autism. Chpt 3 Pg 59

different sources that I believe are credible say

different things. Some sources say that there is
a similarity some do not. This is probably
something I would research more about if I
decided to continue on my vaccination
research.

Furthermore, parents and others should also

know that they can request a mercury-free
vaccine. ( Special Counsel Bloch stated)
Chpt 13 Pg 362

I was not aware that you could request a

mercury free vaccine. This brings up a lot of
questions for me. If they have them why are
they still using mercury vaccines? Even if
there is a slight chance that mercury causes
autism and we have the ability to take it out
we need to. Even if it does cost a little more I
am sure most parents would not mind
considering its alternative.

And the IOM echoed many of the points

Safe Minds had been making. Plausibility
evidence, while indirect, included
They have 5 facts of plausibility but then
turn around and list 5 facts discounting
plausibility. Chpt. 13 Pg 185/186

The 10 points made very valid points but at

the same time I feel as though you still get
now where. You are still stuck trying to figure
out if there is a correlation between autism
and the thimerosal.

The IOM was either unwilling or unable to

determine whether causationas opposed to
plausibility- had been shown. The evidence
is inadequate to accept or reject a causal
relationship between exposure to thimerosal
from vaccines and the neurodevelopmental
disorders of autism, ADHD, and speech or
language delay, the report said. Chpt 13
Pg186

Part of me believes they found a correlation

between the two but in order to not of a huge
violent outbreak or a whole lot of law suits
they come out with something that basically
says that there may be a correlation but they
do not know. So they are not saying no or yes
to this problem. I believe that they had to find
something about thimerosal for us to now
have the ability to get mercury free vaccines.