There have been a lot of heated comments to my recent posts regarding emails between Dr. Buttar, myself, and my son Patrick. Also, a lot going in the blogosphere regarding the death of the boy with autism while being treated with a chelation treatment. My son, Patrick, has also been embroiled in discussions on another blog which is anti everything regarding mercury being the cause of anything, including autism.
I thought it would be useful to step back and try to look at the big picture surrounding autism.
Obviously, with ANY epidemic there is a cause. Major things, good or bad generally don't simply happen. There are usually traceable things going on that at least give us hints as to what is going on. My observation, stated here numerous times, is that MOST chronic conditions usually have a number of things going on AT THE SAME TIME. There is usually NOT a single, simple factor in any chronic condition. That was true for me as I have unraveled the web of things at work negatively effecting my health, mercury poisoning being one of them.
It is my suspicion that more than one thing is going on to cause the epidemics in Autism, Aspergers, ADD, ADHD, etc. Since at their core, these are all neurological diseases on the same spectrum, logic dictates a high probability for similar roots. Disease is typically NOT digital, not black and white, on or off. It is almost always analog, a matter of degrees.
Personally, I believe the evidence clearly points at mercury/thimerosal as being one of the factors at work. It may well be the proverbial "spark" setting in motion a terrible cascade of tragic biological dominoes at exactly the wrong time in children with rapidly developing brains. Sort of the "perfect storm" scenario. This also makes it difficult to reproduce in a lab.
In addition, I always say "follow the money." Who has the most to gain or lose in this situation? Clearly, if thimerosal-laden vaccines are a major cause, the pharmaceutical companies and the agencies approving and promoting them over the last 50 years have the most to lose. Step back from the emotional element and just think about it.
It is NO SURPRISE to me that they are the ones protesting the most over ANY link to their products regardless of the scientific strength of that link. (They are also the ones successfully lobbying for politicians to slide in 11th hour protection clauses.) They don't want the inevitable lawsuits and further embarrassments to these already embarrassed group of organizations?
Accusations have been leveled at Dr. Buttar because he apparently does have a financial interest in TD-DMPS which he and others are using to chelate mercury and other heavy metals found in high levels in children with Autism. He is labeled a "snake oil salesman" plundering the desperate parents of autistic children.
Nonsense!
The money he would make in any royalty deal is minuscule compared to what he makes as a doctor/surgeon. It certainly is not worth the heat he is taking for his stand that autism is simply the effect of mercury poisoning.
In addition, 75% of 23,000 parents surveyed say that chelation (of all varieties) has been the single most effective treatment for their children. EVERYONE should sit up and take notice!!! If 75% of people said they were against the war in Iraq, THAT would be noticed!
Dr. Buttar has developed yet another method of chelation. Is that so novel given the results of all forms of chelation? Chelation is an FDA approved treatment for Lead poisoning. It is NOT a controversial, unknown treatment! Chelation is NOT quackery, no matter how many times you call it quackery.
If not thimerosal, then what? I hate it when people say it CAN'T be mercury but offer NO ideas as to what it could be, other than reciting the same old (faulty) epidemiological studies over and over again.
Why is it that we have found the cause of most diseases and yet for EVERY neurological disease, not a single cause has been found even after spending Billion$ looking? None of those Billion$ have been spent looking under the ROCK named MERCURY/Heavy Metals.
Mercury is a HUGE political hot potato! All the companies and acronymed government agencies and quasi-government agencies that have been promoting the use of MERCURY in many forms, for many decades are at GREAT RISK if it is shown that their heavy use of mercury is at fault. The RISK to them is ENORMOUS!
If not mercury, then what? It is not genetics, as genetic diseases just do not appear in epidemic form virtually overnight!
Is it a virus? A bacteria? If so, it would be relatively easy to identify UNLESS that virus is actually determined to have come from a vaccine, as some researchers have suspected. No, that would be politically unacceptable! Gotta save the vaccine program at all costs!! (Someone posted about how the CDC et al. have lost focus on the individual in their effort to protect the herd. My apology for not sourcing that and giving credit where credit is due. Please add to comments if you know. Maybe it was Craig Westover?) If it is a virus or bacteria, I believe it would have been found by now.
If not mercury, is it because the medical community is reporting that they are getting better at diagnosing it? Gee medical community, you're right! You guys are doing a great job! Give yourself a collective pat on the back and let's figure out how to integrate these kids into society better.
How stupid is that?
If there are 1.5 million with autism today, then show me the millions of adults who have autistic traits who were simply missed and NOT labeled autistic! Where are they? Do you know any? If you have ever been around a child or an adult with autism, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to miss. The symptoms are NOT subtle!!
No, this is a new epidemic and NOT something that has been with us for a long time. What is the cause? If not mercury, then what?
Is it simply a coincidence that the early 1990s beginning of this epidemic tracks exactly with the incredible increase (also beginning in early 1990s) in the number of mercury laced vaccines given to children at the time their brains and nervous system are developing?
Is it a coincidence that California, the state with the best methods for tracking cases of autism, and which recently outlawed thimerosal in vaccines has, over the last two years, seen the first reversal in the trend of this epidemic. It will be interesting to watch this over the next few years. My guess is that the reversal in the trend will continue and accelerate to the horror of the ones with the most to lose...
Is it a coincidence that in 1991, a Merck scientist named Dr. Maurice Hilleman, warned his bosses that with the vaccine schedule of that day children were getting a total dose of mercury 87 times greater than the safe level established by the FDA? Shortly after, even MORE vaccines were added to the schedule increasing the levels to over 150 times the FDA safe level!
Is it a coincidence that Rep. Dan Burton, in a congressional hearing asked the head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding. "how many studies confirmed the harmful effects of mercury?" She answered that there were over 2,000 studies! He then asked, "How many studies showed thimerosal to be safe?" She hesitated and then sheepishly replied, " NONE." ZERO!!!!
Is it a coincidence that in 2000, researcher Dr. Thomas Verstraeten, then an employee of the CDC, conducted an extensive study of a CDC database called the Vaccine Safety Datalink. He found that children receiving vaccines containing thimerosal had a 248% increased risk for developing neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. Well duh!!! Mercury is a neurotoxin!
Is it a coincidence when Drs. Mark and David Geier examined an even more detailed CDC database on Vaccines called VAERS, they found that children receiving the thimerosal laced DtaP vaccine had a 600% increased incidence of autism, a 610% increased incidence of mental retardation and a 220% elevation of speech disorders versus children receiving thimerosal free DtaP vaccines.
If not mercury then what? WHAT!
Sources
RELATED STORIES ON PAT SULLIVAN BLOG:
Dr. Buttar on IV EDTA Chelation and the Autistic Boy's Death (8/29/05)
Dr. Buttar gets mugged by 6NEWS Investigators (9/1/05)
Dr. Buttar on the Empirical Evidence of Chelation (9/1/05)
There have been a lot of heated comments to my recent posts regarding emails between Dr. Buttar, myself, and my son Patrick. Also, a lot going in the blogosphere regarding the death of the boy with autism while being treated with a chelation treatment. My son, Patrick, has also been embroiled in discussions on another blog which is anti everything regarding mercury being the cause of anything, including autism.
I thought it would be useful to step back and try to look at the big picture surrounding autism.
Obviously, with ANY epidemic there is a cause. Major things, good or bad generally don't simply happen. There are usually traceable things going on that at least give us hints as to what is going on. My observation, stated here numerous times, is that MOST chronic conditions usually have a number of things going on AT THE SAME TIME. There is usually NOT a single, simple factor in any chronic condition. That was true for me as I have unraveled the web of things at work negatively effecting my health, mercury poisoning being one of them.
It is my suspicion that more than one thing is going on to cause the epidemics in Autism, Aspergers, ADD, ADHD, etc. Since at their core, these are all neurological diseases on the same spectrum, logic dictates a high probability for similar roots. Disease is typically NOT digital, not black and white, on or off. It is almost always analog, a matter of degrees.
Personally, I believe the evidence clearly points at mercury/thimerosal as being one of the factors at work. It may well be the proverbial "spark" setting in motion a terrible cascade of tragic biological dominoes at exactly the wrong time in children with rapidly developing brains. Sort of the "perfect storm" scenario. This also makes it difficult to reproduce in a lab.
In addition, I always say "follow the money." Who has the most to gain or lose in this situation? Clearly, if thimerosal-laden vaccines are a major cause, the pharmaceutical companies and the agencies approving and promoting them over the last 50 years have the most to lose. Step back from the emotional element and just think about it.
It is NO SURPRISE to me that they are the ones protesting the most over ANY link to their products regardless of the scientific strength of that link. (They are also the ones successfully lobbying for politicians to slide in 11th hour protection clauses.) They don't want the inevitable lawsuits and further embarrassments to these already embarrassed group of organizations?
Accusations have been leveled at Dr. Buttar because he apparently does have a financial interest in TD-DMPS which he and others are using to chelate mercury and other heavy metals found in high levels in children with Autism. He is labeled a "snake oil salesman" plundering the desperate parents of autistic children.
Nonsense!
The money he would make in any royalty deal is minuscule compared to what he makes as a doctor/surgeon. It certainly is not worth the heat he is taking for his stand that autism is simply the effect of mercury poisoning.
In addition, 75% of 23,000 parents surveyed say that chelation (of all varieties) has been the single most effective treatment for their children. EVERYONE should sit up and take notice!!! If 75% of people said they were against the war in Iraq, THAT would be noticed!
Dr. Buttar has developed yet another method of chelation. Is that so novel given the results of all forms of chelation? Chelation is an FDA approved treatment for Lead poisoning. It is NOT a controversial, unknown treatment! Chelation is NOT quackery, no matter how many times you call it quackery.
If not thimerosal, then what? I hate it when people say it CAN'T be mercury but offer NO ideas as to what it could be, other than reciting the same old (faulty) epidemiological studies over and over again.
Why is it that we have found the cause of most diseases and yet for EVERY neurological disease, not a single cause has been found even after spending Billion$ looking? None of those Billion$ have been spent looking under the ROCK named MERCURY/Heavy Metals.
Mercury is a HUGE political hot potato! All the companies and acronymed government agencies and quasi-government agencies that have been promoting the use of MERCURY in many forms, for many decades are at GREAT RISK if it is shown that their heavy use of mercury is at fault. The RISK to them is ENORMOUS!
If not mercury, then what? It is not genetics, as genetic diseases just do not appear in epidemic form virtually overnight!
Is it a virus? A bacteria? If so, it would be relatively easy to identify UNLESS that virus is actually determined to have come from a vaccine, as some researchers have suspected. No, that would be politically unacceptable! Gotta save the vaccine program at all costs!! (Someone posted about how the CDC et al. have lost focus on the individual in their effort to protect the herd. My apology for not sourcing that and giving credit where credit is due. Please add to comments if you know. Maybe it was Craig Westover?) If it is a virus or bacteria, I believe it would have been found by now.
If not mercury, is it because the medical community is reporting that they are getting better at diagnosing it? Gee medical community, you're right! You guys are doing a great job! Give yourself a collective pat on the back and let's figure out how to integrate these kids into society better.
How stupid is that?
If there are 1.5 million with autism today, then show me the millions of adults who have autistic traits who were simply missed and NOT labeled autistic! Where are they? Do you know any? If you have ever been around a child or an adult with autism, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to miss. The symptoms are NOT subtle!!
No, this is a new epidemic and NOT something that has been with us for a long time. What is the cause? If not mercury, then what?
Is it simply a coincidence that the early 1990s beginning of this epidemic tracks exactly with the incredible increase (also beginning in early 1990s) in the number of mercury laced vaccines given to children at the time their brains and nervous system are developing?
Is it a coincidence that California, the state with the best methods for tracking cases of autism, and which recently outlawed thimerosal in vaccines has, over the last two years, seen the first reversal in the trend of this epidemic. It will be interesting to watch this over the next few years. My guess is that the reversal in the trend will continue and accelerate to the horror of the ones with the most to lose...
Is it a coincidence that in 1991, a Merck scientist named Dr. Maurice Hilleman, warned his bosses that with the vaccine schedule of that day children were getting a total dose of mercury 87 times greater than the safe level established by the FDA? Shortly after, even MORE vaccines were added to the schedule increasing the levels to over 150 times the FDA safe level!
Is it a coincidence that Rep. Dan Burton, in a congressional hearing asked the head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding. "how many studies confirmed the harmful effects of mercury?" She answered that there were over 2,000 studies! He then asked, "How many studies showed thimerosal to be safe?" She hesitated and then sheepishly replied, " NONE." ZERO!!!!
Is it a coincidence that in 2000, researcher Dr. Thomas Verstraeten, then an employee of the CDC, conducted an extensive study of a CDC database called the Vaccine Safety Datalink. He found that children receiving vaccines containing thimerosal had a 248% increased risk for developing neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. Well duh!!! Mercury is a neurotoxin!
Is it a coincidence when Drs. Mark and David Geier examined an even more detailed CDC database on Vaccines called VAERS, they found that children receiving the thimerosal laced DtaP vaccine had a 600% increased incidence of autism, a 610% increased incidence of mental retardation and a 220% elevation of speech disorders versus children receiving thimerosal free DtaP vaccines.
If not mercury then what? WHAT!
Sources
RELATED STORIES ON PAT SULLIVAN BLOG:
Dr. Buttar on IV EDTA Chelation and the Autistic Boy's Death (8/29/05)
Dr. Buttar gets mugged by 6NEWS Investigators (9/1/05)
Dr. Buttar on the Empirical Evidence of Chelation (9/1/05)