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rapid period of brain maturation, synaptic development and brain LEVELS OF "ACCEPTABLE EXPOSURE" pathway development is during the last three months of Recent studies by neurotoxicologists have observed that as our pregnancy, and it continues until two years after birth. This is ability improves at detecting subtle toxic effects, especially on often referred to as the "brain growth spurt". This is also not behaviour and other neurological functions, we lower the level of mentioned once in this conference, again because if mothers knew acceptable exposure. In fact, Dr Sinks brings up that exact point, that their child's brain was busy developing for up to two years using lead as an example. He notes that as our neurobehavioural after birth they would be less likely to accept this "safety of testing has improved, we have lowered the acceptable dose con- mercury" nonsense which these "vaccinologists" proclaim. siderably and continue to do so. Dr Johnson has the audacity to The brain develops over 100 trillion synaptic connections and add that "The smarter we get, the lower the threshold". Yet, nei- tens of trillions of dendritic connections during this highly sensi- ther he nor the other participants seems to be getting any smarter tive period. Both dendrites and synapses are very sensitive, even concerning this issue. to very low doses of mercury and other toxins. It has also been Dr Robert Chen, Chief of Vaccine Safety and Development at shown that subtoxic doses of mercury can block the glutamate the National Immunization Program at the CDC, then reveals why transport proteins that play such a vital role in protecting the brain they refuse to act on this issue. On page 169 he says: "...the issue against excitotoxicity. is that it is impossible, unethical to leave kids unimmunized, so Compelling studies indicate that damage to this protective sys- you will never, ever resolve that issue. So then we have to refer tem plays a major role in most of the neurodegenerative diseases back from that." In essence, immunisation of the children takes and abnormal brain development as well. recedence over safety concerns with the Recent studies have shown that glutamate vaccines themselves. If the problem of vac- accumulates in the brains of autistic children, cine toxicity cannot be solved, as he seems yet the experts seem to be unconcerned to be saying, then we must accept that some about mercury, a substance that is very pow- ids will be harmed by the vaccines. erful in triggering brain excitotoxicity. Dr Brent makes the statement that he It is also interesting to see how many nows of no known genetic susceptibility times Dr Brent emph; s that we do not data on mercury and therefore assumes there know the threshold for mercury toxicity in is a fixed threshold of toxicity; that is, that the developing brain. Again, that is not true. The World Health everyone is susceptible to the same dose of Neurotovicology states that anything above Organization hypersensitive groups ofpeople. 10 wg is neurotoxic. The WHO in fact states In fact, a recent study found just such a Hug y J that there is no safe level of mercury. On page 164, Dr Robert Davis, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of Washington, makes a very important observation. He points out that in a population like the United States you have individuals with varying levels of mercury from other causes (diet, living near coal-burning facilities, etc.), and by vaccinating everyone you raise those with the highest levels even high- er and bring those with median levels into a category of higher levels. The "vaccinologists" with their problem of For the next quotation, you need a "concrete thinking" cannot seem to little discussion to be able to appreciate appreciate the fact that not everyone is the same. That is, they fail the meaning. They are discussing the fact that, in Dr Verstraeten's to see these "uncertainties". study, frightening correlations were found between the higher To emphasise this point further, let's take a farming family who doses of thimerosal and problems with neurodevelopment, lives within three miles of a coal-burning electrical plant. Since including ADD and autism. The problem with the study was that genetic susceptibility in mice. Researchers found that mice susceptible to autoim- munity developed neurotoxic effects, including excitotoxicity, in their hip- pocampus—effects not seen in other strains of mice. They even hypothe- sised that the same may be true in humans, since familial autoimmunity increases the likelihood of autism in offspring (Hornig, M., Chian, D., Lipkin, W.L., "Neurotoxic effects of postnatal thimerosal are mouse-strain dependent", Mol. Psychiatry, 2004, in press). there is no safe level of mercury [in the body]. they also live near the ocean, they eat seafood daily. The there were so few children who had received no thimerosal- fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides used on the crops contain containing vaccines that a true control group could not be used. appreciable levels of mercury. Instead, they had to use children getting 12.5 wg of mercury as the The coal-burning electrical plant emits high levels of mercury control, and some even wanted to use a control dose of 37.5 ug. in the air they breathe daily, and the seafood they consume has So the controls had mercury levels that could indeed cause levels of mercury higher than EPA safety standards. This means neurodevelopmental problems. Even with this basic flaw, a that any babies born to these people will have very high mercury strong positive correlation was found between the dose of levels. Once born, they are given numerous vaccines containing mercury given and these neurodevelopmental problems. even more mercury, thereby adding significantly to their already It was proposed that they compare a group of children receiving high mercury burden. non-thimerosal vaccines with a group receiving vaccines Are these "vaccinologists" trying to convince us that these chil- containing thimerosal. In fact, we later learn that they had a large dren don't matter and that they are to be sacrificed at the altar of the "vaccine policy"? Continued on page 74 Organization in fact states that level of mercury [in the body]. 22 = NEXUS LEVELS OF "ACCEPTABLE EXPOSURE" The World Health there is no safe Continued on page 74 www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2004 — JANUARY 2005