Autism and thimerosal data cover-up

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Matt Fielder <mattfielder () dovetailsystems com>
Date: June 16, 2005 10:44:43 AM EDT
To: Jeff Condal <jeffcondal () dovetailsystems com>, Henry Minkoff  
<HenryMinkoff () dovetailsystems com>, Justin Ashworth  
<justinashworth () dovetailsystems com>, dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Autism and thimerosal data cover-up


Very interesting article from Salon on what looks to be a cover-up of
data linking autism to a mercury product made by Eli Lilly and used in
vaccines.

http://salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/16/thimerosal/index.html

"But instead of taking immediate steps to alert the public and rid the
vaccine supply of thimerosal, the officials and executives at
Simpsonwood spent most of the next two days discussing how to cover up
the damaging data. According to transcripts obtained under the Freedom
of Information Act, many at the meeting were concerned about how the
damaging revelations about thimerosal would affect the vaccine
industry's bottom line."
...
"In fact, the government has proved to be far more adept at handling the
damage than at protecting children's health. The CDC paid the Institute
of Medicine to conduct a new study to whitewash the risks of thimerosal,
ordering researchers to "rule out" the chemical's link to autism. It
withheld Verstraeten's findings, even though they had been slated for
immediate publication, and told other scientists that his original data
had been "lost" and could not be replicated. And to thwart the Freedom
of Information Act, it handed its giant database of vaccine records over
to a private company, declaring it off-limits to researchers. By the
time Verstraeten finally published his study in 2003, he had gone to
work for GlaxoSmithKline and reworked his data to bury the link between
thimerosal and autism."

--
Matt Fielder
Senior Software Developer
Dovetail Systems, Inc
973-882-9922 x242



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