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[kim]

These are notes that Hiliary took from the Autism One radio interview.

The reference to braces in this made me cringe. I thought I was getting immune to cringing after reading many of these things, but I guess not. Kim

 

 

Stan Kurtz interviews Boyd Haley - 20060911 - AutismOne Radio

 

(Stan is in italics)

 

Mercury is the 2nd most neurotoxic substance on the planet. Should it

really be in amalgams and vaccines?

 

A recent report in the news says that the panel reviewing amalgams has

rejected a government study saying mercury is safe. It goes on to say

that dentists and their patients should still have the option to use

mercury though.

 

Stan started Children's Corner school to keep kids away from toxins,

and to improve their health with diets and educating parents.

 

Dr Haley used to receive funding from NIH, until he started speaking out

about mercury and toxicity.

 

Dr Haley was formerly the chair of chemistry at U of Kentucky. [stan]Are

they still supportive? The deans there tried to do something about me,

but I haven't done anything wrong, I tell it as it is, and they

can't get me to be quiet. If you don't believe me, have a

debate. The dental associations run away from that debate.

 

[stan]When did mercury first get into amalgams? Early 1800s. The Chinese

invented amalgams, then in France they were trying to bring it in and it

was run out, then run out of London. Then amalgams came to the US. It

was known to be toxic, but it was cheap, and worked really well (killed

the nerves). But the problem is they put off a constant toxic vapor that

causes systemic problems.

 

Dentists are taught that the mercury coming out of these fillings is not

toxic! In the porphyrin profile, they're finding 85% of dentists are

acutely affected by dealing with the mercury in amalgams. The dentists

are saying, wait, we were told it's safe; but the porphyrins are

saying otherwise. Dentists have a high suicide rate. Mercury makes you a

mad hatter.

 

Antibiotics increases the retention of mercury in the human body. If you

inject rats with mercury, the ones with antibiotic too will keep the

mercury 100 days longer. So we know in an animal model antibiotic

increases the mercury retention. Antibiotics dramatically increase the

ability of mercury to kill neurons. Female sex hormone decreases

toxicity of mercury, testosterone increases it. Noone can say what is a

safe level of mercury. We don't know all the mechanisms.

 

Certain drugs, ecstasy, if you look up how to make it on the web,

mercury chloride is a catalyst. They say "rinse it 3 times and

it's all gone"!? No, not at all!! These folks are probably

making themselves very mercury-toxic.

 

Mercury combined with certain types of fungus can have a synergistic

relationship. Periodontal Disease and halitosis is worse with mercury

amalgams. This is because there are compounds that form from cysteine

and methionine which contain sulfar. Methionine breaks down, you form

methyl thiole mercury and dimethyl thiole mercury, these are very toxic.

There was a professor that spilled 2 drops of dimethyl mercury on her

glove, and died from it. They knew she was dying, and why, and

couldn't stop it. That's what you make when you combine mercury

amalgams with periodontal disease.

 

Do our kids have bacterial overgrowth first, then get hit with the

mercury in vaccines? That's a possibility, I don't know the

answer. I do know, if you expose these children to ethyl mercury, the

immune system is overwhelmed.

 

[stan]When you do a hair analysis, these kids have low mercury, and high

uranium. My son was at .94, which is 15x the safe amount of uranium. The

age-matched controls (siblings) of these kids don't have high

uranium from what we're seeing. Cadmium tends to be high too in

these kids. I was wondering if these high metals are from the bacterial

flora.

 

Mercury binds so tight it never makes it to the blood to make it to your

hair. It binds so tight that it prevents you from detoxing these other

metals. The child loses their detox capability.

 

You've testified so many times, CDC, IOM, etc. What's your

experience with these groups? A lot of these people are not scientists.

I see blank looks on their faces. They don't have toxicologists on

their committees. They stack the committees with people like themselves,

and they don't want to admit they did something wrong. They make bad

decisions year after year for 70 years, and they're not going to say

that. They are beaurocrats, they are fighting tooth and nail to keep us

from knowing the dangers of mercury toxicity. They protect themselves by

forming committees. They make their credentials sound really good. They

hand-pick the committee members. Then they put in the paper that a

blue-ribbon committee declares thimerosal is safe. It's

misinformation. Epidemiological studies in Europe that weren't

exposed to the same amount of thimerosal.

 

Danish studies. Why would they go to Denmark? This is the place they

could get the answer they wanted. They took the mercury out of vaccines,

and the autism rates went up?!? That's a ridiculous find. And then,

wouldn't the Danish govt rush to put thimerosal back in vaccines, if

it keeps the autism rates lower? It's just crazy. The study was done

by a group that makes vaccines with thimerosal, and they sell it to the

rest of the world, because it's illegal to use thimerosal-containing

vaccines in Denmark. Even in England, when they presented this study,

the English took thimerosal out of their vaccines. Where is the

disconnect in the US?

 

How did they show the autism rates rose in Denmark? Statistics. You can

get an epidemiologist to do whatever you want with the numbers.

 

The CDC lost data right after they published their study. Why is that

ok? If the study can't be reproduced because the data is lost,

doesn't that make the study useless?

 

This is all impossible to believe, it's too big a deal. It's all

about money. Money. Pharmaceutical companies save money by putting

thimerosal in vaccines. I didn't want to believe the things I was

told early on. I couldn't believe in 70 years the FDA didn't

test amalgams to make sure they were safe. But under testimony, they

admitted it. They said they take the words of the experts, the ADA –

but they're not toxicologists! Then the ADA said they know it's

safe because the FDA approved it. So you get smoke and mirrors.

 

Dave Weldon bill will make the NIH look at unvaccinated population,

because they don't seem to have autism. That's something I

proposed the first time I met with the IOM. Dan Olmsted has looked into

this in his reporting, it appears the unvaccinated don't have

autism.

 

Weldon also wants the safety testing taking out of the same agency that

makes the vaccine schedule.

 

The flu shot doesn't decrease the rate of flu in the young and the

elderly, yet the government is saying vaccinate.

 

There were a bunch of mumps vaccines that didn't work, so instead of

admitting they didn't work, they made these people vaccinate 2 or 3

times. Why didn't they check antibodies to find out why? I used to

test rabbits, and over time most make antibodies, but some never do.

 

If the pharmaceuticals claim they won't make vaccines because

there's no market, great, have the government make the vaccines.

 

A lot of countries have stopped using mercury amalgams. EPA and other

agencies are saying 8-10% of our mothers are so toxic they will have a

child with neurological issues. 1 out of 6 kids do have neurological

issues. There's cause and effect. But they do nothing. ADA will go

down as one of the biggest crimes against humanity. Not the original

decision to use amalgams, but now knowing better and continuing to use

them. It's an economical thing. You have to destroy more of the

tooth; you're more likely to crack the tooth; and they're toxic.

No good reason to use mercury amalgams.

 

I rented a mercury meter and tested all the moms in my school. I found

besides amalgams the braces were leeching mercury. 80% had mercury

leeching. About 20% of the amalgams didn't seem to be leeching. A

handful of chronic drinkers had a 0 reading every time, it was strange

that they weren't leeching. Egg would bind up the mercury, but I

wouldn't know why alcohol would. Maybe there's an explanation, I

just don't know it.

 

It's possible it's just not coming out in vapor, but it's

still leeching.

 

It would be interesting to look at cancer levels of dentists. Oxidative

stress is a major cancer link, and mercury takes away your protection

from oxidative stress. Glutathione fights to get rid of the mercury.

 

Alzheimers. This is a big coverup. Several other researchers have found

this besides me. We found 3 proteins dramatically effected in the brain.

Mercury and only mercury would mimic this effect. You can find anything

else this toxic in the brain that would cause this? No, no other heavy

metals would do this, no other toxins, this is mercury. At first I

thought it was a likely suspect, but was it really the cause of

Alzheimers? Having amalgams for 50 years will do that. When you propose

this, however you get a ton of opposition. There's no money to be

made off saying mercury causes Alzheimers. No money for the drug

companies. They make money off drugs to treat Alzheimers. 90% of mercury

in your body comes from dental amalgams, not the fish you eat. This is

allowed to exist because the government works for those who make money

off dental amalgams and vaccines. When numerous people point out the

mercury issues and the governmenet refuses to study it, it's

criminal. The pharmaceutical companies and the ADA lobby, they wave

their dollars in front of government so no one hears the truth.

 

Some doctors have spoken to me off camera, and they're worried about

lawsuits, even though they know mercury is not safe. They will talk

about it when they retire. While they're still in practice, the

insurance companies don't want them to talk about it. What will it

take for them to talk about it? I don't know. I know that not all

dentists in the US think mercury is safe. We have a lot of

profit-motivated people in this country. That's why things don't

change.

 

When they did this recent test of kids who got amalgams, the kids were

no longer able to excrete the mercury after 2 years…and in the news

they skewed that to say the kids must be ok because they're not

excreting any more mercury then the kids without amalgams.

 

Porphyrin profiles are abnormal in dentists. Dentists don't make

enough porphyrin. Dr Nataf in France was able to do this in France.

Autistic children have this same abnormal porphyrin profile. Mercury

causes this.

 

Dr Haley lost funding when he started going after the mercury issues.

 

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but why do they keep pumping mercury

into everything? Money. Pediatricians make about half their money off

shots, why would they give that up? They don't want kids getting

chelation therapy because it implicates the shots were toxic. It was the

doctors that announced the autism epidemic, by the way. It was the

parents. The porphyrin profile study from Dr Nataf was rejected twice by

American Academy of Pediatrics – it was accepted by Journal of

Psychiatry. It's because they don't want to admit thimerosal is

the problem. I know I'm condemning the doctors, but why don't

they come out and debate? They run and hide, and say "trust me,

I'm a doctor".

 

I think autism might debunk western medicine. I think they'll

believe they can't believe what they thought before. There are

parents that know more about autism and vaccines and better treatments

then about any medical doctor that I talk to. The general pediatrician

doesn't have a clue about autism. The parents do. The pharmaceutical

companies are making the doctors not needed, just give the purple pill.

It's a shame, because there's nothing like a good medical

doctor. But many today are just drug dealers. I'm going on 66. I

went to a doctor's office recently, the nurse couldn't believe I

was 66 and not taking ANY pills.

 

I think Vioxx is making a few more people open their eyes. You don't

need a pill for everything. Diet and exercise will do it. If we

don't realize that soon, we'll be a VERY unhealthy nation.

We're ranked near the bottom of nations. Our longevity is not good

in the US. I test my blood pressure often, and it really varies. If I

went to a doctor, he'd put me on a pill. But it's totally normal

to vary.

 

Not one toxicologist in the IOM – they're all epidemiologists.

The chairman was saying that the CDC wants the IOM to find thimerosal

safe. What does that tell you?

 

I was a soldier. I had to take a bunch of vaxes in 1969. I got very

sick. Didn't think much of it. In 1975, I was a professor. I wanted

to wear contact lenses. I thought I was going to die from having lenses

in my eyes. There was a preservative in the lens, and I reacted. Since I

was a chemist, I found I was allergic to thimerosal. That's how I

started looking into this. I don't get flu shots, my wife has to

take them because she's a nurse. I wouldn't get the flu, she

would! This is when she was young, she doesn't take shots anymore.

 

ALS patients (Lou Gehrig's) – were missing a protein. Wanted to

look into Gulf War Syndrome. The French didn't get Gulf War

Syndrome, they didn't get vaccinated. So they asked Dr Haley to look

into it. I then remembered about thimerosal.

 

When other countries met with vaccine experts from England and US, and

mercury was brought up, they ridiculed US/England for using mercury in

their vaccines. England/US said we don't use mercury, we use

thimerosal. Then on a break, they looked up what thimerosal is. You

could hear a pin drop.

 

1999 Verstraten study – they tried to get rid of the thimerosal

theory. But Verstraten found a link. In 1999 they said let's take

thimerosal out of vaccines.

 

Verstraten kept manipulating the data. The last one finally they got

data that showed thimerosal isn't causal…and then they published

and lost all the data! There's no doubt in my mind that someone

orchestrated that they should destroy that data. With that many people

working on it, you're telling me noone has a copy? They were told to

destroy it.

 

Epidemiology in the US today is like being a lawyer, use the numbers to

prove what you want. If there is no ethical standard there, it's not

worth paying attention to epidemiological studies.

 

I advocate for anti-viral therapies. I treated my son with this, and

he's recovered. Some parents use DMSA and valtrex and diflucan and

get double the mercury pulls. I also did a flu shot experiment, I found

my hands and feet excreted the most mercury. When I had my fever/flu

from the shot, I had no mercury vapors. With the virus on board, the

body seemed to have a hard time dumping metals. Seems to me that

it's harder to get mercury out with an active virus on board. When

you take thimerosal, you release mercury and thiosalicylate it prevents

excretion. When you have the flu, you have no energy. You have viral dna

and rna replicating. You have no ATP levels.

 

Autistic kids often have viruses. Would it make sense for a practitioner

to do anti-viral therapy along with chelation therapy? I believe in

results. You do the experiments. The IOM and NIH are saying don't do

any studies that show mercury is causal. You need to do these studies

with folks that don't have a vested interest in proving mercury is

not causal. If you have the flu and take the vaccine, you can't

detox properly…but doctors will do that anyway, they will vaccinate

when you are sick. Do the experiments, do the studies, this needs to be

looked at. Vitamin C and glutathione IV needs to be studied – I

can't get that study. I'm not a medical doctor, and I can't

get someone to study that. This is safe, it won't hurt anyone, but

if you send this to NIH or any universities, they don't want to hear

this. We need to look at Amish versus vaccinated population.

 

There is a huge amount of patent money for nasal drugs, that's the

best way to absorb. Methyl B12, there's good reason to believe

that's a great way to absorb it. The methyl cobalamin needs to be

supplemented if you're mercury-toxic, the body can't make it.

 

Our health (my family) has increased dramatically from removing

amalgams, stopping taking flu shots, and being careful about which fish

we eat.

 

You're working on a chelator? Yes. People have been making compounds

for all the mercury in the environment, from power plants and such. I

found some compounds that work pretty well, but aren't

water-soluble. So I used those compounds, coupled them with glutathione

and cysteine, now they're water-soluble and they go into the fatty

tissues and bind to mercury very tightly. With typical chelators, they

pull minerals at the same time. We tested on goldfish. The goldfish died

with mercury. Then with mercury plus this compound, the goldfish

didn't die. And we tested with the compound alone, it's not

toxic. Next we're moving to mice. If that works, then we will try

primates if we can. Most of the mercury goes into your fatty tissues. We

need something to cross the blood-brain barrier. We need something

better and safer then what was made in the 1940's - that's what

I'm trying to do.

 

How long until you're in a place where the chelator will be

available? I don't know, I can't say. I'm thinking I might

not get it approved in the US, based on the hostility generated towards

me or anyone that thinks mercury is toxic here in the US. I might have

to go to Mexico. Right now to see if your urine is mercury-toxic, you

have to ship your urine to Paris, France. You can't do it in the US.

 

I feel like this is the 18-year argument with the town drunk.

There's a load of people that belong on a plaque for the

Autism-hall-of-fame. The amount of damage done by mercury, between

autism and alzheimers, is staggering.

 

People ask Gerberding to change things, and she just thumbs her nose at

them, and gets away with it. Government is definitely not perfect. We

need to be vigilant. Pharmaceuticals didn't run the papers 50 years

ago. We need to see this change – they shouldn't be able to

advertise the little purple pill. They shouldn't be able to keep

saying mercury doesn't cause autism on tv, when they don't know.

 

Go out there and vote. Get Bill Frist out of congress. Use your vote. We

need an educated population.

[kim]

By Jan Hefler Inquirer Staff Writer

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/15522061.htm

 

Seven weeks after the mercury-contaminated Kiddie Kollege day-care center

closed, a 5-year-old Franklin Township girl still has seizures,

unexplained rashes, mysterious illnesses and peeling skin on her fingers

and toes, which her attorney says are linked to inhaling the toxic

metal...

[kim]

If anyone wants to save these articles, please print or save to your computer. I hate the violating copyright, but I really hate not being able to share these articles too. I will have to remove sometime tomorrow. BTW, my former neurologist called a Dr. that I wanted to take the boys to, a quack, because she tested her patients for toxic fumes that mercury fillings can emit.

 

For Immediate Release Contacts: Peter Kelley, 202-270-8831

September 14, 2006 Freya Koss, 610-649-2606

 

Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology calls for immediate

expanded review of safety of mercury/silver dental fillings

 

In response to last week's groundbreaking vote by two U.S. Food and

Drug Administration panels to reject a staff white paper on the safety of

mercury-laden "silver" dental fillings, the dentists, physicians and

scientists of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology

today sent the FDA a formal request for an expanded review of current

science on dental mercury amalgams, a definitive date for such a

hearing, and a format that will assure that the full breadth of health effects

is assessed.

 

The Academy's request follows votes Sept. 7, 2006, by two FDA-selected

committee panels (Joint Panels), which by a 13-7 margin, rejected the

FDA's own report as insufficiently representative of current science on the

health risks of what most consumers are told are silver fillings.

 

While two days of hearings last week provided some opportunity for

opposing scientific data, presenters were limited to seven minutes of testimony

each, hardly enough time to adequately address this very important, complex

and pervasive issue, according to the Academy.

 

The general consensus of joint panel members was an undisputed need for

more study, especially regarding dental amalgam risks of mercury exposure to

pregnant women and children, immuno-compromised individuals, and other

"hypersensitive" populations.It was also noted that while "white" fillings are becoming more prevalent today, largely for aesthetic reasons, there is concern that

less-educated and lower-income populations will be subjected to mercury fillings

indefinitely unless the government intervenes and traditional dentistry's

insistence that mercury fillings are safe is challenged.

 

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology believes scientific data already exist that could shed light on this long-covered-up issue. The Academy consists of dentists, physicians and scientists whose mission is to support, review, and disseminate scientific evidence concerning the extended health effects of materials and procedures used in dentistry. Academy members presented evidence to a joint panel on neurology and dental products convened by the FDA, detailing risks to patients receiving mercury fillings that were either omitted or are diametrically

opposed to the conclusions represented in the FDA's "white paper" submission

to the committee.

 

Some of the risks identified by scientists and health professionals that appeared to be persuasive to the joint committee include:

 

. Harm to unborn babies

. Mercury exposure from chewing, and drinking beverages

. Interaction with other metals and dental materials that increases

risk of harm

. Mercury's links to neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease and

autism

. Exceptionally sensitive people such as pregnant women and young

children

. Lack of patient informed consent

 

"We applaud the joint committee's courage to resist pressures to rubber-stamp support for the safety of fillings that are still being used in many dental offices when the science shows that the claims of safety are unsupportable," Said Dr. Janet Stopka, President of the Academy. "Dental fillings that are 50% mercury, but are sold to the public as silver, do emit mercury vapors in significant enough quantities to cause life-altering health effects."

 

Dr. Terry Messerman, immediate past President of the Academy added:

"This one step of resisting business-as-usual and denial of pertinent science

is a tremendous victory not only for the more than one-third of dentists in

the U.S. who have already switched to more biologically-compatible

treatments, but especially for the millions of patients that have already received

what are essentially mercury-emitting implants, and yet were never informed.

It is essential that an unbiased review begin immediately so that the

science may prevail no matter what it may reveal."

 

Dr. Boyd Haley, professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky

and chair of the Academy's Scientific Advisory Board, said, "There is

scientific evidence that just cannot be ignored, and this includes a recent study

that found 85% of dentists are already displaying a mercury-related

biological impairment."

 

Dr. David Regiani, a founding member of the Academy, stated, "We've

already seen decisions to reduce or eliminate mercury from drugs, veterinary

products, and consumer products, such as thermometers, contact lenses

solutions, batteries and disinfectants. And here U.S. dentists are

implanting almost a ton a week of time-release mercury fillings. It's

time to put a halt to this."

 

The formal request originates from the Academy's general meeting in

Naples, Florida, September 7-9, and is addressed to the FDA, the committees

focused on neurological impacts and dental products that rejected the FDA

"white paper," and the individual members of the joint committee hearing

panel.

 

Additional information can be accessed at www.IAOMT.org

Attachment: IAOMT letter to FDA formally requesting reconvening the

Joint Panels

 

http://www.iaomt.org/documents/PRESS%20REL...T%20SIGNOFF.pdf

 

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Lead content of calcium supplements.

 

* Ross EA,

* Szabo NJ,

* Tebbett IR.

 

End-Stage Renal Disease Program, Division of Nephrology,

Hypertension, and Transplantation, University of Florida, Box 100224,

Gainesville, FL 32610-0224, USA. Rossea@medicine.ufl.edu

 

CONTEXT: Substantial quantities of lead have been reported in some

over-the-counter calcium supplement preparations, including not only

bone-meal and dolomite, but also over-the-counter natural and refined

calcium carbonate formulations. Examination of this issue is warranted

given recent increases in physician recommendations for calcium

supplements for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. OBJECTIVES:

To determine the lead content of calcium supplements and to quantify

the lead exposure from popular brands of calcium in dosages used for

childhood recommended daily allowance, osteoporosis, and phosphate

binding in dialysis patients. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analysis of lead

content in 21 formulations of nonprescription calcium carbonate

(including 7 natural [ie, oyster shell] and 14 refined), 1 brand of

prescription-only calcium acetate, and 1 noncalcium synthetic

phosphate binder conducted in March 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Lead

content, assayed using electrothermal atomic absorption, expressed as

micrograms of lead per 800 mg/d of elemental calcium, per 1500 mg/d of

calcium, and for a range of dosages for patients with renal failure.

Six microg/d of lead was considered the absolute dietary limit, with

no more than 1 microg/d being the goal for supplements. RESULTS: Four

of 7 natural products had measurable lead content, amounting to

approximately 1 microg/d for 800 mg/d of calcium, between 1 and 2

microg/d for 1500 mg/d of calcium, and up to 10 microg/d for renal

dosages. Four of the 14 refined products had similar lead content,

including up to 3 microg/d of lead in osteoporosis calcium dosages and

up to 20 microg/d in high renal dosages. No lead was detected in the

calcium acetate or polymer products. Lead was present even in some

brand name products from major pharmaceutical companies not of natural

oyster shell derivation. CONCLUSIONS: Despite increasingly stringent

limits of lead exposure, many calcium supplement formulations contain

lead and thereby may pose an easily avoidable public health concern.

JAMA. 2000;284:1425-1429.

 

PMID: 10989406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Related Links

 

* Lead content of dietary calcium supplements available in

Brazil. [Food Addit Contam. 2006] PMID: 16449055

* Lead in calcium supplements. [Environ Health Perspect. 2000]

PMID: 10753088

* Analysis of lead in 55 brands of dietary calcium supplements

by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave

digestion. [Food Addit Contam. 2003] PMID: 12623663

* Lead content in 70 brands of dietary calcium supplements.

[Am J Public Health. 1993] PMID: 8342726

* Contribution of lead from calcium supplements to blood lead.

[Environ Health Perspect. 2001] PMID: 11333190

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[kim]

Looks like there's a little shake up at the CDC

 

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/sto...Hcdcmorale.html

 

EPA locking down info?

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092106EB.shtml

 

The fish are getting a lot of attention

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/...60925114107.htm

 

Sept issue of TIME had an ariticle entitled Mercury Rising. No mention of mercury in medicine.

 

 

CHILDREN WITH AUTISM HAVE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT IMMUNE SYSTEM REACTIONS

COMPARED TO TYPICAL CHILDREN

 

Immunologists from UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute find clear biological

component to perplexing childhood neurological disorder

 

May 5, 2005

 

(BOSTON, Mass.) – A new study by researchers at the University of

California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute and the NIEHS Center for

Children's Environmental Health demonstrate that children with autism

have different immune system responses than children who do not have

the disorder. This is important evidence that autism, currently

defined primarily by distinct behaviors, may potentially be defined by

distinct biologic changes as well.

 

The study was released at the 4th International Meeting for Autism

Research (IMFAR) – a meeting of autism scientists started by Cure

Autism Now, the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and the National Alliance

for Autism Research to accelerate knowledge of this increasingly

common and perplexing disorder. It is estimated that autism now

affects 1 in every 166 children.

 

"Understanding the biology of autism is crucial to developing better

ways to diagnose and treat it," said Judy Van de Water, associate

professor of rheumatology, allergy and clinical immunology at the UC

Davis School of Medicine and the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. "While

impaired communication and social skills are the hallmarks of the

disorder, there has not yet been strong scientific evidence that the

immune system is implicated as well. We now need to design carefully

controlled studies that tell us even more about the way in which a

dysfunctional immune system may or may not play a role in the disorder

itself."

 

Van de Water, along with co-investigator of the study Paul Ashwood,

assistant professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the UC

Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, isolated immune cells from blood samples

taken from 30 children with autism and 26 typically developing

children aged between two and five years of age. The cells from both

groups were then exposed to bacterial and viral agents that usually

provoke T-cells, B cells and macrophages – primary players in the

immune system.

 

Of the agents tested in the study - tetanus toxoid,

lippopolysaccharide derived from E. coli cell walls, a plant lectin

known as PHA, and a preparation of the measles, mumps and rubella

vaccine antigens - the researchers found clear differences in cellular

responses between patients and controls following exposure to the

bacterial agents and PHA.

 

In response to bacteria, the researchers saw lower levels of protein

molecules called cytokines in the group with autism. Cytokines

function as mediators of the immune response, carrying messages

between B, T and other immune cells. They also are known to be capable

of having profound effects on the central nervous system, including

sleep and the fever response. Immune system responses to PHA, in

contrast, produced more varied cytokine levels: Higher levels of

certain cytokines and lower levels of others.

 

According to Van de Water and Ashwood, these studies illustrate that

under similar circumstances, the cytokine responses elicited by the

T-cells, B-cells, and macrophage cell populations following their

activation differs markedly in children with autism compared to

age-matched children in the general population. Cytokines are known to

affect mood and behavior, and while their specific role in the

development of autism remains unclear, the potential connection is an

intriguing area of research that warrants further investigation.

 

"This study is part of a larger effort to learn how changes in immune

system response may make some children more susceptible to the harmful

effects of environmental agents," said Kenneth Olden, director of the

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the federal

agency that provided funding for the study. "A better understanding of

the connection between altered immune response and autism may lead to

significant advances in the early detection, prevention and treatment

of this complex neurological disorder."

 

For further information, go to http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute

 

 

Still fighting the research

 

Chairman Barton Stops Combating Autism Act - For Now

 

Remaining Hope with Boehner/Hastert

 

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (TX) will not

consider the Senate-passed Combating Autism Act in the House this

session. He remains steadfastly unmoved and unimpressed by over 200

House members and a unanimous Senate. Without regard to the merits of

our bill or the desperate state of our children, he indicated he would

not even consider it without passage of his NIH Reform bill—an

impossibility this Congress. In the end, his personal legislative

agenda outweighed the needs of hundreds of thousands of children with

autism. He would only consider a bill devoid of any NIH provisions,

including environmental research, and that is unacceptable to the

autism community.

 

Let Chairman Barton know how you feel! Call Barton today and let him

know that it is unacceptable for our elected officials to put

personal, political interests ahead of your sick children! Call Rep.

Barton today at 202-225-2002. Keep calling until you get through.

Let's jam his phone lines and make ourselves heard.

 

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (IL) has thus far refused to

intervene on our children's behalf. His Office of the Speaker website

states: "At home we put children first, and Republicans are doing just

that in the House". Ask him to back that up and put S.843 on the

House suspension calendar! Call Speaker Hastert at 202-225-0600 and

ask him to do what's right for children with autism.

 

Majority Leader John Boehner (OH) has been unwilling to stand up to

Chairman Barton! Let him know you expect him to show the leadership it

takes to do the right thing for hundreds of thousands of children and

put S.843 on the House suspension calendar. Call Majority Leader

Boehner at 202-225-4000 today and make your voice heard!

 

Our fight is far from over! Call all three representatives today and

let them hear the full voice of the autism community. We will speak

for our children, because they cannot.

 

Thank you for your support! For complete information about the

Combating Autism Act of 2006, go to www.combatautism.org.

 

About The Combating Autism Act of 2006

The Combating Autism Act of 2006 builds on the provisions of the

Children's Health Act of 2000 and would authorize approximately $920

million in federal funds over five years to combat autism through

research, screening, intervention and education.

 

The Combating Autism Act of 2006 is supported by the following autism

organizations:

 

Autism One

Autism Society of America

Autism Speaks

COSAC

Cure Autism Now

Dan Marino Foundation

Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation

First Signs

Generation Rescue

The Help Group

National Autism Association

Organization for Autism Research

S.A.F.E. Inc.

SafeMinds

Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center

Talk About Curing Autism

TalkAutism

The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology

Unlocking Autism

US Autism and Asperger Association

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[kim]

FDA Approves Anti-Psychotic Drug Risperidone for Use in Children

Diagnosed with Autism

National Autism Association urges parents and health care providers to

carefully research side effects

 

Nixa, MO - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the

anti-psychotic drug Risperidone (trade name Risperdal) earlier this

month for use among children diagnosed with autism, much to the

concern of parents familiar with the drug's side effect profile.

Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen, Risperdal sales

figures were over $3 billion in 2005. The FDA has approved the drug

for pediatric use despite the fact that the agency issued a warning

letter to Janssen in 2004 saying that the company had omitted

information in product literature regarding hypoglycemia and diabetes,

and had made misleading claims that Risperdal is safer than other

drugs in the same category.

 

Documented potential side effects of Risperidone include lactation

both in girls and boys, weight gain, and development of the often

irreversible movement disorder tardive dyskinesia. "Any medication

that can induce lactation in boys is clearly a dangerous drug, and in

my opinion should only be used when all avenues of biomedical

treatments have been exhausted," said National Autism Association

executive director Rita Shreffler. "Parents are faced with extremely

tough decisions when it comes to medicating their children, and extra

caution should be used with Risperdal in particular given what we know

about it."

 

The behavioral symptoms associated with autism are often due to

undiagnosed medical issues including heavy metal toxicity, abdominal

pain, constipation, parasites and food allergies. Many of these issues

can be relieved by more benign interventions to address the cause of

the behaviors, rather than masking them with drugs.

 

"Medical treatments are working backwards," said NAA president Wendy

Fournier. "We're prescribed pills for a headache without addressing

the cause of the headache. We must start treating the cause of medical

illnesses, not just covering up symptoms, especially when it comes to

the complex biomedical issues of children with autism."

 

Another Johnson & Johnson's company, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD),

manufactured RhoGAM, a RhoD Immune Globulin given to Rh-negative women

during pregnancy and following delivery. RhoGAM exposed fragile,

developing fetuses to a bolus dose of mercury-based thimerosal. The

neurotoxin was used as a preservative until OCD changed production

methods in 2001. Many parents and scientists believe thimerosal to be

the leading factor in the increase of neurological injuries such as

autism among children.

 

"It's ironic that the same company that gave us RhoGAM now stands to

further increase profits from a drug that suppresses symptoms of

neurological damage consistent with mercury toxicity," commented

Shreffler. "Risperdal does nothing to address the neurological

injuries of children diagnosed with autism, and the potential side

effects are frightening."

 

For more information on autism, visit www.nationalautism.org

 

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Severely troubled boys 'soothed by fish oils'

· School findings warrant more research, say experts

· Big improvement seen in behaviour after 20 weeks

Felicity Lawrence

Thursday October 12, 2006

The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1920038,00.html

 

- - - -

 

Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat

 

Research with British and US offenders suggests nutritional deficiencies

may play a key role in aggressive bevaviour

[Claire]

Hi Kim,

 

This is so very sad. So many people are so desperate to have their autistic child lead a 'normal' life. They have no idea that their child could have underlying issues that cause the symptoms. They trust their mainstream doctors completely, who don't know any better. Some will be hurt by this.

 

Claire

[kim]

Chemical exposures: silent pandemic of ND disorders

 

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547468

 

November 8, 2006 — An online review article published November 8 in the Lancet says environmental exposure to toxic chemicals in utero and in the early stages of life may be creating a "silent pandemic" of neurodevelopmental disorders.

[Claire]

Interesting. They say it isn't genetically modified... (of course more protein means more gluten I guess)

 

Gene makes wheat more nutritious

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/24...reut/index.html

 

Scientists have found a way to boost the protein, zinc and iron content in wheat, an achievement that could help bring more nutritious food to many millions of people worldwide.

 

A team led by University of California at Davis researcher Jorge Dubcovsky identified a gene in wild wheat that raises the grain's nutritional content. The gene became nonfunctional for unknown reasons during humankind's domestication of wheat....

 

...

 

The wheat varieties bred by the scientists are not genetically modified, which could help them become accepted commercially, they said.

 

"We didn't do it by genetic modification. The normal wheat crosses perfectly well with the wild wheat. So we just crossed it after normal breeding," Dubcovsky said.

[kim]

Clare,

 

When you get a chance, read this article http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1823.cfm

 

Monsanto is a company that is easy not to like.

 

http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm

 

At the bottom of the page there's a story about wheat, be sure to click on the read on option.

 

Monsanto's ties to the Government and the FDA is on the 2nd page along the left hand column.

 

How tight are Monsanto and Dubcovsky who heads a consortium of 20 public wheat-breeding programs called the Wheat Coordinated Agricultural Project.

 

A google search of Dubcovsky and Monsanto leads me to believe that they've been at a few of the same functions.

 

I didn't read far enough to come up with anything that means anything, but after the research that I've done on vaccines, you learn not to take anything at face value, like a good little consumer.

 

 

So we just crossed it after normal breeding," Dubcovsky said.

What does this mean???

 

If he said that they cross bred the plants, that I could understand, but crossed it after normal breeding??

 

so rather than leave the protein and the zinc and iron in the straw, we've moved a little bit more into the grain," Dubcovsky said.

But how was this accomplished?

 

Remember, Consumers have NOT embraced tampering with our food. Neither have some other countries, that have threatened to stop importing from the US if we send them some of stuff that has been genetically engineered.

 

If you can make it through this article, you will see where the terms; biotechnology,

genetic engineering, modifying DNA, etc. can be a bit confusing.

http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Ar-Bu/Biotechnology.html

 

I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with what they're doing at all. Maybe it's a good thing, but if you want the big picture, you really have to do your homework, to be sure of anything these days.

[Claire]

Kim,

 

Good point! My first reaction was 'it's genetically modified', then like a good consumer, I believed it when they said it wasn't...!

 

Anyway, we don't eat wheat, in this case fortunately.

 

Claire

[kim]

Claire,

 

I think I found something that may be closer to what they're describing in that article. I'll post it in a bit.

 

I read about the wonders of Monsanto, when I was looking at soy infant formula, quite a while ago. Then I got to the Aspartame/Monsanto stuff. I figure since you started this (haha) I might as well share some of it!

 

Scrambled Genome of Roundup Ready Soya

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/isisnews/i-sisnews9-13.php

 

Monsanto’s technical dossier submitted for commercial approval claimed that RR soya had a single insert with the intended order of genes. It turns out not to be the case. Not only is the gene order of the insert itself scrambled, the plant DNA at the site of insertion is also scrambled, and there is a large 534 bp fragment of unknown origin in there as well.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean

 

The dramatic increase is largely credited to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of health claims for soy which very likely is unfounded (see below: #Reduce Cholesterol?). Since the bulk of the soy grown in the US is GMO variety the chief beneficiaries of the increase are the biotech seed companies. Dr. Jane E. Henney who was the FDA commissioner at the time, now sits on the board of biotech giant Astra Zeneca. Many top agency officials from the Bush Administration, have been under criticism for close ties to industry and possible financial conflicts of interest. The former USDA Secretary of Agriculture, Daniel Robert Glickman, also left to accept seats on the boards of soy related companies including Hain Foods.

 

From 2001 to 2004, food manufacturers in the US introduced over 1600 new foods with soy as an ingredient, averaging 400 new products per year, according to the Mintel’s Global New Products Database.

 

Genetic Modification

Soybeans are one of the "biotech food" crops that are being genetically modified, and GMO soybeans are being used in an increasing number of products. Monsanto is the world's leader in genetically modified soy for the commercial market. In 1995, Monsanto introduced "Roundup Ready" (RR) soybeans that have had a complete copy of a gene plasmid from the bacteria, Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4, inserted, by means of a gene gun, into its genome that allows the transgenic plant to survive being sprayed by this non-selective, glyphosate-based herbicide. Roundup kills conventional soybeans. RR soybeans allow a farmer to reduce tillage or even to sow the seed directly into an unplowed field, known as 'No Plow' tillage, greatly reducing soil erosion.

 

In 1997, 81% of all soybeans cultivated for the commercial market were genetically modified. As with other "Roundup Ready" crops, concern is expressed over damage to biodiversity.[3]

 

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is among the largest processors of soybeans and soy products. ADM along with DOW, DuPont and Monsanto support the industry trade associations United Soybean Board (USB) and Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA). These trade associations have increased the consumption of soy products dramatically in recent years.

 

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GM-Food-Animals.php

GM Food Animals Coming

Foods derived from genetically modified animals are likely to be contaminated by potent vaccines, immune regulators, and growth hormones, as well as nucleic acids, viruses, and bacteria that have the potential to create pathogens and to trigger cancer

Dr Mae-Wan Ho & Prof Joe Cummins, 15th November 2006

 

Monsanto+Aspartame

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=...G=Google+Search

[Claire]

Hi Kim,

 

Amazing. No liability/consequences for the untruths about soy??

 

My friend says they grow there own soybeans, but I always wonder how they no there is no GMO. I didn't realize it was 80%!

 

Claire

[kim]

Danger in Toyland

San Francisco's ban on toxic toys - including such classics as the

rubber ducky - highlights the lurking danger of plastic contaminants

 

By MARGOT ROOSEVELT/LOS ANGELES

Posted Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1565496,00.html

 

excerpt;

 

The focus on bpa is new. Its use is widespread---it's found in dental

sealants and the epoxy linings on food cans as well as in baby bottles.

Studies in animals over the past five years have found that the

substance, which mimics the human hormone estrogen, alters brain

structure and chemistry as well as the immune system and reproductive

organs. Some of these effects show up at extremely low doses, in some

cases 2,000 times below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety

guideline, according to Frederick vom Saal, a University of Missouri

endocrinologist.

 

AND

 

FDA Panel OKs Celebrex Use for Children

http://www.physorg.com/news84047802.html

 

Excerpt:

 

Earlier, the FDA's arthritis advisory committee voted unanimously to say the drug was an effective treatment for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which affects as many as 60,000 U.S. children.

 

However, in an 8-7 vote, with one abstention, panel members said available data doesn't demonstrate that Celebrex is safe in treating the disease, commonly called JRA.

 

Celebrex is the only member of a class of drugs that included Vioxx and Bextra not to have been withdrawn from the market over concerns they elevate the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults. FDA reviewers before the meeting had questioned the cardiovascular risks of long-term use of the drug in children.

[kim]

http://www.thefhf.org/index.cfm?tdc=dsp&page=issues

 

A new threat to your supplements

Overview of Problems - Mandatory Adverse Events Reporting (AER) Bill

Julian Whitaker, MD - May 8, 2006

 

This bill directs consumers to complain to dietary supplement manufacturers or retailers rather than to local physicians or health authorities if they believe they have experienced a serious adverse event from ingesting a dietary supplement. It preempts any and all evidence of causality and opens the door for hearsay accusations with no attempt to protect supplement manufacturers from such.

This bill invites the FDA to investigate supplement companies based on unverified complaints of injury. The FDA, as we all know, is terribly biased against nutritional supplement companies and is more than willing to use this bias for harm. The AER bill would add additional “legal” weapons.

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN03546:@@@R

 

12/6/2006 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent

 

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/...?ltl=1165637407

 

Congressional Oversight Needed to STOP FDA's "Trilateral Cooperation Charter"