Mercury vaccines in autism link

Research in the US has found that mercury in some vaccines given to children may be a contributory cause of autism and heart disease. The researchers studied vaccines containing thimerosal, which is almost 50% mercury. Children who received the vaccine were reportedly more than twice as likely to develop autism than children who did not. Thimerosal is a preservative used in some vaccines to prevent bacterial infection. The researchers claim that their study is ‘the first epidemiological evidence showing a direct association between thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders.’