Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative To Brain Injury
October 11, 2009
Groundbreaking Primate Study Links Mercury Vaccine Preservative To Brain
Injury
A new study in the leading scientific journal NeuroToxicology lends further
credence to parents and scientists concerned about an increasingly
aggressive childhood vaccine schedule and toxic vaccine components. A team
led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that infant macaque
monkeys receiving a single Hepatitis B vaccine containing the mercury-based
preservative thimerosal underwent significant delays in developing critical
reflexes controlled by the brainstem. The infant macaques that did not
receive vaccines developed normally.
Government vaccine guidelines were expanded in 1991 to include a Hepatitis B
vaccine for infants within the first few days of life, even though the
disease is primarily transmitted sexually or spread through the use of dirty
needles. The introduction of the shot was part of a greatly accelerated
vaccine schedule that coincides with the drastic increase in autism, which
now affects one in 100 American children. Thimerosal was removed from U.S.
Hepatitis B vaccines in 2000 but was not recalled from the market and was
administered for approximately two more years. It still remains in other
vaccines including all multi-dose shots for both the seasonal flu and H1N1.
Current government recommendations for seasonal flu and H1N1 call for
pregnant women to receive both vaccines, and children as young as six months
to receive as many as four separate flu shots. “This also doesn’t take into
account that nursing infants may be exposed to additional mercury through
breastmilk should both mother and baby be vaccinated,” says National Autism
Association (NAA) board chair Lori McIlwain. “This study’s outcome confirms
that such an over-the-top toxic vaccine schedule is an assault on the
developing brains of our children.”
Specifically, the study found:
– Thirteen newborn rhesus macaques were given a Hepatitis B vaccine
containing a standardized dose of thimerosal adjusted for their weight, four
received a saline placebo, and three were not given any shots.
– Vaccinated animals experienced a significant delay in the acquisition of
three survival reflexes compared to unvaccinated animals. Root, snout, and
suck reflexes, critical to animal survival in the wild, were delayed in the
vaccinated macaques.
– These reflexes are controlled by the brainstem, a vital part of the brain
that regulates automatic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and
intestinal activity.v — Neonatal responses in unvaccinated control animals
were not delayed.
– The delay in acquisition of three of the four survival reflexes was not
contingent on birth weight or gestational age.
For years, parents of children with autism have lobbied government health
agencies to conduct research comparing the health of vaccinated children to
that of unvaccinated children, and to remove thimerosal from all vaccines.
Neither request has been met.
“This study underscores the lack of appropriate government action to ensure
the safety of vaccines. Had our government agencies conducted the most basic
research on the implications to children’s health from the vaccines they
rigorously promote, they could have spared thousands of children the
neurological injuries they endure today,” said Ms. McIlwain. “It’s
shameful.”
Source: National Autism Association
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