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Article: Vaccines May Fuel Autism Epidemic; A new study indicates childhood vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative may be the culprits behind the surge in autism cases sweeping the United States.(THE NATION)
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- Insight on the News
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- June 24, 2003
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Byline: Kelly Patricia O'Meara, INSIGHT
The mother of an autistic child wonders aloud when health officials will wake up to the epidemic that has claimed not only her son but hundreds of thousands of other children in the United States, with no end in sight. She muses, "Maybe someday this will be as important as SARS and we'll get the same attention. God knows we need it."
Autism is a severely incapacitating developmental disability for which there is no known cure. According to a recently released report by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) entitled Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Changes in the California Caseload: 1999-2002, the ...