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MEDIA
ADVISORY
--VACCINES, MERCURY AND AUTISM--
MAJOR BRIEFING ON SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
ONGOING CONTROVERSY
WHAT: A panel briefing on the growing evidence of a link
between mercury, vaccines and autism, and important new
developments on Capitol Hill, in major universities and
within the mainstream media.
WHO: Dan Olmsted, journalist for UPI who writes the regular
column, “The Age of Autism.” Mr. Olmsted will discuss
his recent reporting on unvaccinated populations –
including Amish children in Pennsylvania and patients at a
holistic medical practice outside Chicago – as well as
other investigations into early cases of autism, and reports
of improvements after medical treatments.
David Kirby, author of the book “Evidence of Harm –
Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic.” Mr.
Kirby will discuss newly published science from major US
universities that support the mercury-autism link, media
reports of recent declines in new autism numbers, and newly
leaked IOM transcripts that would indicate undue pressure by
the CDC over IOM vaccine committee members to reject the
thimerosal-autism hypothesis.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who will unveil a bill to
provide for a new study of vaccinated and unvaccinated
populations of American children. Data from this relatively
simple study could settle once and for all the question of a
link between vaccines and autism, ADD, ADHD and other
disorders. Rep. Maloney will also discuss the Federal bill
to ban thimerosal in vaccines, which she co-sponsors with
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL), and a possible Congressional move
to empanel a new committee of the Institute of Medicine that
would consider new evidence to support the link.
WHEN: Thursday, March 30th. Breakfast at 8:30am, briefing
from 9:00-10:00am.
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor,
Washington, DC.
CONTACTS: Olmsted: 202-302-3753;
dolmsted@upi.com
Kirby: 718-230-4250;
dkirby@nyc.rr.com
Maloney: Afshin Mohamadi, 202-225-7944
Panel
Briefing 3-30-06
An
article about the government doing more research about the
link to mercury (March 2006 article). http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=88309
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