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Edition: 1
Release: 2010-03-29
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 023114637X
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Autism's False Prophets pdf
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A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead. Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets, subjected to high-temperature saunas, bathed in magnetic clay, asked to swallow digestive enzymes and activated charcoal, and injected with various combinations of vitamins, minerals, and acids. Instead of helping, these therapies can hurt those who are most vulnerable, and particularly in the case of auti Download Autism's False Prophets for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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