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Mercury and Autism
Lisa Fine
Goldstein, EdWeek.org, January 22, 2003
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In a study that adds to the debate over the origins of autism,
researchers have concluded that infants who received vaccines
containing a mercury-based preservative did not have unsafe
mercury levels in their blood.
The study addresses the concern of parents who believe that
mercury caused autism in their children. Vaccinations are
given around age 2, which is also when the symptoms of autism
often first appear. But the study of 61 infants—published Nov.
30 in the British medical journal The Lancet—found that they
naturally rid themselves of the mercury faster than previously
thought.
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