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Childhood Vaccines Are Not Linked to Autism, Scientific Panel Finds.
Byline: Scott Allen
May 19--Mercury in childhood vaccines does not appear to cause autism, a leading scientific panel concluded yesterday, hoping to resolve a controversy that has troubled the parents of young children for years. The panel said it is time for researchers to seek a different explanation for the rising incidence of the neurological disorder.
Reports of children diagnosed with autism following vaccinations soared after federal health officials acknowledged in 1999 that the growing number of recommended vaccines could be exposing children to elevated doses of mercury. Since then, vaccine makers have drastically reduced or eliminated the use of mercury, which was contained in a preservative called thimerosal.
Yesterday, a 13-member panel from the Institute of Medicine said there is little credible evidence that even much higher levels of mercury can cause autistic disorders, whose victims have difficulty communicating and sometimes engage in repetitive…
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