| Autism is still a mystery, and mercury poisoning in | | | | actually getting autism? It is still unclear at this point. It is |
| autistic children is just one of the many things that may | | | | interesting to note, that as the rates of vaccinations |
| play a role in whether your child becomes autistic. The | | | | have increased over the years, so have the cases of |
| issue is widely debated among parents, doctors, and | | | | autism. Although it is not a clear correlation, it is proof |
| autism activists, because at this point, it can not be | | | | enough for many parents to decide NOT to have their |
| definitively attributed to causing autism. Because of the | | | | children vaccinated to eliminate the fear of autism. |
| mysteriousness of autism and the fact that there are | | | | There is proof that vaccines are to blame, according |
| no true diagnosed causes or cures at this point, those | | | | to many parents who are saying that their child had no |
| in the medical community who support vaccinations, | | | | signs of autism prior to their vaccinations. These signs |
| including mercury, deny that it plays any role, | | | | are indications of lacking communication skills with |
| whatsoever in autism. | | | | others, lack of speech, difficulty reading signals or |
| Many vaccines contain mercury, often at levels that | | | | having proper reactions to stimuli, maintaining eye |
| are high enough to cause problems in children. | | | | contact, and severe tantrums. Many parents report |
| Because of the possible link to autism, many drug | | | | that their children were progressing as any child would, |
| companies have created vaccinations that do not | | | | learning how to talk, communicate, prior to the |
| include mercury, although many others still exist that | | | | vaccinations, but after the vaccinations, they became |
| contain mercury. Most medical research studies claim | | | | withdrawn and lost social skills, motor functions, and the |
| that there is no link between vaccinations and autism. | | | | ability to communicate. |
| Some parents with children, that have autism, reveal in | | | | Mercury poisoning in autistic children, is just one of the |
| their own research the opposite to be true. | | | | many potential causes of autism. It is not medically |
| Parents who have had their children tested for | | | | proven, that a study of lab rats, who were given |
| mercury levels, have obtained documents, that their | | | | mercury in similar amounts to what children were given |
| child has high levels of mercury in their bodies, higher | | | | in vaccines, display many of the same symptoms as |
| than what is "normal" or safe for a child. This is a | | | | autistic children, leading experts to believe that it should |
| mystery, because most children who are vaccinated | | | | be studied further by the medical community. Although |
| naturally eliminate the poisonous mercury from their | | | | mercury poisoning in autistic children is not the sole |
| systems. Many autistic children, hold the mercury within | | | | source for causing the rise in autism, but there appears |
| their bodies following vaccinations, leading parents and | | | | to be a correlation, that it may be one of the factors in |
| many researchers to believe that it may cause autism. | | | | causing autism. |
| Doctors and experts claim that this is not a reason to | | | | Before making a decision whether to have your child |
| stop your child from being vaccinated, because it | | | | vaccinated for fear that your child will be diagnosed |
| happens in so few children, and seems to be more of | | | | with autism, it is an excellent idea to discuss this issue |
| an inherited problem. The risks of not vaccinating your | | | | with your family physician and obtain updated research |
| child are much higher to medical professionals, leading | | | | on the mercury contained in certain vaccines that |
| them to believe it is worth the risk, since it is an | | | | would be given to your child. |
| unproven question to be solved. | | | | By taking action and doing research, networking |
| Autism affects approximately 1 out of every 150 | | | | regarding mercury poisoning in autistic children, you will |
| children born in this country today. Amazingly, the | | | | have a better understanding, to make a concrete |
| amount of children diagnosed with autism has multiplied | | | | decision that is, positive for your child's well being and |
| by 10 over the past ten years. Is this due to enhanced | | | | yours. |
| medical diagnosis, or, because more children are | | | | |