Mercury & MMR

Andrew Wakefield, M.D., expert clinical gastroenterologist, challenges the safety of the MMR. He presented a unifying hypothesis on the etiology of autism, in June 2003, at the Autism One conference held in Chicago. He pointed out that if a child has a conditioning exposure (an exposure to heavy metals, before or after birth, or a genetic predisposition), with additional exposure to infectious agents (live viruses), a disease will appear at the time of a triggering event (often a vaccination). This hypothesis is based upon well-documented research from other models of disease onset. Thus, it may not be a heavy metal alone or a live virus alone that causes autism; however, the combination of these repeated challenges to a child over time in a preconditioned biological system will predictably cause disease onset at the moment a final triggering event occurs. This trigger can happen as a result of any event that stresses the immune, nervous or hormonal systems beyond their capacity. This injury is to the communication network between the immune, nervous and hormonal systems, which is not fully developed and thus fragile.

There is a compromise between a vaccine's value and its safety. Vaccines contain carriers referred to as adjuvants (Latin: adjuvare, “to help”). Adjuvants are given repeatedly to children, who have immature immune systems. Vaccines thus contain:

a) A live bacteria or virus related to a contagious disease.

b) A chemical preservative and a tissue fixative that halts chemical reactions of the live micro-organisms that can contaminate the batch through putrefaction and decomposition.

c) Foreign chemical or heavy metal substances to stimulate an immune response.

Adjuvant content and concentration varies from batch to batch, and the FDA does not require low concentrations of an adjuvant to be listed on the package labeling. Mercury and aluminum are key adjuvant ingredients used in most vaccines, often in low concentrations. Adjuvant ingredients are poorly understood for their long-term effects on the body.

http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/MMR.htm

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