There is a lot of junk science out there. That is why the better scientific
journals have a rather exhaustive peer review process to try to screen out
the bad stuff. Many scientists have a pre-determined agenda and bias their
work to produce the desired answer. Much of the information on environmental
issues is developed by people with no scientific credentials. All they have
to do is label themselves as "environmentalists" and we are supposed to
believe whatever they write or say. Having that label makes them quotable in
the news media. Having the results written by a lawyer would be the final
untruth. /jmac
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Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:11 AM
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Subject: [OM] Re: Thymerosol and autism, was: anything but
An interesting read and one written by a lawyer to sound very sinister.
However, I still insist upon good science. Statistical association is
not causation. I can easily explain the CDC's apparent "cover-up" as
fear of unwarranted hysteria in the general public against
vaccination... not to mention the feeding frenzy amongst the lawyers.
If the hypothesis is that the mercury in Thymerosol causes autism then
the hypothesis must also account for the fact that the incidence of
autism is four times higher in male children than female children. The
proponents of the Thymerosol connection need to explain why mercury is
so much more damaging to males.
Perhaps there is a causal relationship between Thimerosol and autism.
But, as long as there is no scientific explanation for the apparent
contradiction posed by the male/female ratio, one might just as well
blame the increasing use of breast feeding or the increased use of
disposable diapers as the cause of autism. I'm sure they are
statitistically associated as well.
Chuck Norcutt
R. Jackson wrote:
>
> On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
>>I can't get to this particular article but I think there's a lot more
>>hysteria than good science on this subject.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Here's a non-subscription mirror to the article.
>
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/061605HA.shtml
>
> It looks like Eli Lilly's own internal studies confirmed thimerosal
> as a health risk. According to this article, the Department of
> Defense required it to be labeled "poison" when they used it.
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