Is Thimerosal the Missing Link to Autism and Developmental Problems?
Tuesday, August 03, 2004 By Annette Fuentes, for E/The Environmental Magazine http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-03/s_25228.asp No one could accuse Lyn Redwood of being anti-vaccination or suspicious of the medical establishment. After all, the Atlanta, Georgia resident was a nurse practitioner and member of her county’s board of health, which promoted childhood vaccination. But in 1999, when her happy, healthy toddler, Will, began to regress developmentally at 15 months-he lost speech, he avoided eye contact and seemed miserable-Redwood set out to learn why. And her quest led to thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines that is 49.6 percent ethylmercury, a known neurotoxin. Redwood had received two thimerosal-containing injections of RhoGam while pregnant because her blood was Rh negative. Will got all the recommended vaccines for infants, including multiple shots of Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae B (HiB) and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP)-all containing thimerosal. By h
