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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Families Make the Case for a Link Between Autism and Vaccines</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/05/14/Families-Make-the-Case-for-a-Link-Between-Autism-and-Vaccines.aspx</link><description>Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism are challenging mainstream medicine as they take their case to a federal court. Two 10-year-old boys from Portland, Oregon are serving as test cases to determine whether the</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Families Make the Case for a Link Between Autism and Vaccines</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/05/14/Families-Make-the-Case-for-a-Link-Between-Autism-and-Vaccines.aspx#126227</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:28:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:126227</guid><dc:creator>technologist</dc:creator><description>I have commented about this on previous articles about autism, but just think of the liability of the drug companies if they are found culpable with the connection of the vaccines and autism.&amp;nbsp; It is very expensive to take care of an autistic child.&amp;nbsp; And time consuming.&amp;nbsp; Good luck to the families of the autistic children.&amp;nbsp; I hope they get the resolution they deserve.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=126227" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Families Make the Case for a Link Between Autism and Vaccines</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/05/14/Families-Make-the-Case-for-a-Link-Between-Autism-and-Vaccines.aspx#126225</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:01:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:126225</guid><dc:creator>Charisse</dc:creator><description>When I started wearing contact lenses at the age of 14, I learned what thimerosal was....It was used routinely to disinfect/keep sterile liquids like saline solution for contact lenses and disinfecting solution...I was really allergic to it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I has such a bad reaction to just a topical exposure (my eyes swelled shut and I had to be taken to the doctor) that I can imagine what it would do to a baby when injected/exposed systemically!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;True, because I received most of my amalgam filling in the third grade(that was&amp;nbsp; in an area WITH flouridated water....POISON ALL AROUND)&lt;br&gt;I was probably extra sensitive to the Mercury by the time I was 14.....(I also started my bouts with asthma and allergies in the third grade....boy, do you think there is a correlation????)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This will, I hope, cause a large house of cards to fall....first autism/vaccine connection...then amalgams causing&amp;nbsp;other maladies.....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and the American Dental Assoc. will have to concede the connection also....my son was born with one kidney because I had an old amalgam filling changed while I was pregnant...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I can still hear the maternal fetal specialist answering my question as to why my son had a dysplastic kidney..."well, the top reason is metal poisoning, especially mercury, but I doubt that you bit down on a thermometer during your pregnancy now, did you???"&amp;nbsp; She just wrote it off to a birth anomolly and genetics even though my husband and I both have two kidneys each.......She even said that it's the most common birth anomolly today....she said many people don't even know they only have one kidney until something happens like an accident where it's damaged and the other isn't there to take over(we really only need one to function)!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She never asked me about amalgams....It wasn't until years later that I put 2 and 2 together!!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Beware of all poisonings and not just Mercury!!!..Aluminum, etc.....is in more things than you think!!!&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=126225" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Families Make the Case for a Link Between Autism and Vaccines</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2008/05/14/Families-Make-the-Case-for-a-Link-Between-Autism-and-Vaccines.aspx#126222</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:05:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:126222</guid><dc:creator>david</dc:creator><description>I wish them well.&lt;br /&gt;In the UK this week, Gordon.."I've had a personallity by-pass operation" , Brown, seems to support the outrageous idea that all children must&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;fully vaccinated&amp;nbsp;or they will not be allowed to start school !!&lt;br /&gt;...and still nobody will supply me with efficacy figures on vaccines&lt;br /&gt;Anybody have any?&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=126222" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>