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ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE OF THE CDC'S HANDLING OF THE THIMEROSAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT BASED ON

VACCINE SAFETY DATALINK (VSD) INFORMATION

Safe Minds

October 2003

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SUMMARY

The CDC's approach to analysis of the VSD database demonstrates a pervasive pattern of bias and conscious manipulation of samples, statistics and findings to produce a negative finding regarding the dangers of thimerosal exposure to children

Despite significant problems with study design and data quality and contrary to public statements by the CDC, the VSD analyses of autism, NDDs and speech delay provide support for a causal relationship between thimerosal exposure and childhood developmental disorders

Comparisons at a population level across HMOs suggest that compliance with the recommended vaccine schedule of thimerosal exposure was associated with high rates of neurological disorders and developmental delay.

Full compliance populations reported to HMOs disease frequencies exceeding 5% of the birth populations. Extrapolating these rates to a national level suggests that the population harmed by thimerosal exposure may number in the millions

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