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David Kirby clarifies?

Friday, October 31st, 2008

David is obviously a reader of this blog or Autism Vox or Respectful Insolence as these are (so far as I know) the three blogs that commented on his claim that thimerosal was no longer the ‘smoking gun’ for autism causation. Here’s the quote from the New Jersey Star Ledger: David Kirby, a journalist and [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Blogging, CDDS, Chelation, David Kirby, Mercury, Thimerosal, badscience | 11 Comments »

More presidential autism politics II

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

I’ve been watching (happily) the recent emergence of autism as a topic of the U.S. presidential race. Actually, it is the emergence of autism as a topic for the republicans, as Senator Obama has had a clear policy statement on autism and on disabilities in general. Recently, I noted that the McCain/Palin ticket’s statements were [...]

Posted in Autism, Disability, John McCain | 6 Comments »

David Kirby – Thimerosal does not cause autism

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

In something of a jaw-on-chest admission, David has finally admitted that thimerosal does not cause autism: David Kirby, a journalist and author of “Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy,” said he believed that thimerosal, which still exists in trace amounts in some childhood vaccines, was no longer the [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Epidemic, Chelation, David Kirby, Green our Vaccines, Jenny McCarthy, MMR, Mercury, National Autism Association, Safe Minds, Thimerosal | 14 Comments »

Jenny McCarthy: a tale of two tales

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I love public libraries. Always have. Sometimes I go a long time without stepping in one, but once I do, I love them all over. I love leaving with a huge stack of children’s books and reading them over and over (and over and over) to my kids. I went to the library last nigh. [...]

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