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The American Rally for Personal Rights – bit of a damp squib

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Yesterday was the American Rally for Personal Rights (an anti-vaccine rally) held between 3pm and 5pm in a park in Chicago, US. In attendance was ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield in whose honour the rally was held. Hoping for thousands, the organisers got what looks like a hundred or so (click for full size). including one young [...]

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Andrew Wakefield/Today Show interview transcript

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Reformatted and tidied up from a commenter on a Yahoo Group INTRO MATT LAUER: [But]...in the years following his publication in The Lancet.no large scale study could reproduce exactly what Dr. Wakefield’s small study found. Dr. Wakefield is here for an exclusive interview. Doctor, good morning. WAKEFIELD: Good morning Matt. MATT LAUER: It may sound [...]

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Anne Dachel, Age of Autism Editor, makes remarkable claim

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

I was browsing the comments section of a seemingly innocuous story about autism – that early intervention might not be the universal panacea once thought – when I came across a comment from Anne Dachel, one of the leading ‘thinkers’ and editors behind the online anti-vaccine blog Age of Autism. ...I think a disorder that [...]

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Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A story in the New York Times by Gardiner Harris discusses the results of a Congressional investigation on dietary supplements. Many were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and/or pesticides: Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some supplement sellers [...]

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