I stopped by HealthLiesExposed.com today and noticed a link to Dr. Haley's July 1, 2005 rebuttal to the IOM's statement on the Immunization Safety Review Committee. (In short, the IOM says, "we were unbiased and we stand by our 2001 and 2004 conclusion: no link between thimerosal and autism.")
Well, Dr. Haley is not buying that and neither are the parents at Safe Minds. And neither am I frankly. The autistic parents are likely out for vengence -- could you blame them? -- but Dr. Haley has nothing to gain or lose to my knowledge. Quite the contrary for vaccine makers, IOM, et al.
Take a quick read through on his 1 page reply. Very simple and to the point.
Here are the key points:
"Specifically, I accuse the 2004 IOM committee of poor scientific judgment in that they dismissed all the science that showed that thimerosal is the most likely cause of the autism spectrum disorders epidemic and I stand by this accusation...
Additionally, I accuse the IOM committee of placing unwarranted emphasis on the Verstraten, Danish and English epidemiological studies in their decision making. [these are the studies that all anti-mercury/autism proponents cite] All of these CDC funded epidemiological studies have procedural failures that render them unreliable for any decision concerning the thimerosal-autism hypothesis. For example, if the Danish studies were correct regarding removal of thimerosal increasing autism (by about 20 fold using the data in the Madsen report) you would think the Danish, Swedish and English governments would immediately reinstate thimerosal in their vaccines. [my emphasis b/c it is a brilliant point!] They haven't, and the English removed it after the study done in their country was made public. So medical authorities in England, Denmark and Sweden do not hold the 2005 IOM designated 'well designed' epidemiological studies in high regard either."
I stopped by HealthLiesExposed.com today and noticed a link to Dr. Haley's July 1, 2005 rebuttal to the IOM's statement on the Immunization Safety Review Committee. (In short, the IOM says, "we were unbiased and we stand by our 2001 and 2004 conclusion: no link between thimerosal and autism.")
Well, Dr. Haley is not buying that and neither are the parents at Safe Minds. And neither am I frankly. The autistic parents are likely out for vengence -- could you blame them? -- but Dr. Haley has nothing to gain or lose to my knowledge. Quite the contrary for vaccine makers, IOM, et al.
Take a quick read through on his 1 page reply. Very simple and to the point.
Here are the key points:
"Specifically, I accuse the 2004 IOM committee of poor scientific judgment in that they dismissed all the science that showed that thimerosal is the most likely cause of the autism spectrum disorders epidemic and I stand by this accusation...
Additionally, I accuse the IOM committee of placing unwarranted emphasis on the Verstraten, Danish and English epidemiological studies in their decision making. [these are the studies that all anti-mercury/autism proponents cite] All of these CDC funded epidemiological studies have procedural failures that render them unreliable for any decision concerning the thimerosal-autism hypothesis. For example, if the Danish studies were correct regarding removal of thimerosal increasing autism (by about 20 fold using the data in the Madsen report) you would think the Danish, Swedish and English governments would immediately reinstate thimerosal in their vaccines. [my emphasis b/c it is a brilliant point!] They haven't, and the English removed it after the study done in their country was made public. So medical authorities in England, Denmark and Sweden do not hold the 2005 IOM designated 'well designed' epidemiological studies in high regard either."
The debate rages on...