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The Greater Good Movie

a documentary film about vaccines in America

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Metals and Environmental Toxins in Autism

Sorting out the spinning of autism: heavy metals and the question of incidence
This file is a PDFhttp://www.ane.pl/pdf/7021.pdf

Neurodevelopmental disorders following thimerosal-containing childhood immunizations: a follow-up analysis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15764492

A Case Series of Children with Apparent Mercury Toxic Encephalopathies Manifesting with Clinical Symptoms of Regressive Autistic Disorders
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17454560

Persistent behavioral impairments and alterations of brain dopamine system after early postnatal administration of thimerosal in rats
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21549155

Neonatal administration of thimerosal causes persistent changes in mu opioid receptors in the rat brain
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20803069

Do aluminum vaccine adjuvants contribute to the rising prevalence of autism?
This file is a PDFhttp://omsj.org/reports/tomljenovic%202011.pdf

Administration of thimerosal to infant rats increases overflow of glutamate and aspartate in the prefrontal cortex: protective role of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264864/?tool=pubmed

Mercury in first-cut baby hair of children with autism versus typically-developing children
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02772240701699294#preview

Mercury induces inflammatory mediator release from human mast cells
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1742-2094/7/20

Maternal thimerosal exposure results in aberrant cerebellar oxidative stress, thyroid hormone metabolism, and motor behavior in rat pups; sex- and strain-dependent effects
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22015705

How environmental and genetic factors combine to cause autism: A redox/methylation hypothesis
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161813X0700215X

Comparison of blood and brain mercury levels in infant monkeys exposed to methylmercury or vaccines containing thimerosal
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16079072

Integrating experimental (in vitro and in vivo) neurotoxicity studies of low-dose thimerosal relevant to vaccines
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21350943

Thimerosal-Derived Ethylmercury Is a Mitochondrial Toxin in Human Astrocytes: Possible Role of Fenton Chemistry in the Oxidation and Breakage of mtDNA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3395253/

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