Study Links Mercury Preservative in Vaccines With Immune System Dysfunction
"A new UC Davis study links a mercury-containing preservative once prevalent in many children's vaccines to immune system dysfunction in mice.
The findings are sure to heighten the debate over whether vaccines play a role in causing autism, especially since there is growing evidence that many autistic children have irregular immune systems.
The researchers released their results with an abundance of caution, stressing that numerous questions remain about thimerosal's effect on humans and its relationship, if any, to the recent rapid rise in the numbers of autistic children.
The study is a road map for future investigations of the effect mercury from a variety of sources has on developing immune systems, said senior author Isaac Pessah, a UC Davis toxicologist."
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