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The senate hearing is beginning to realize we have poisoned our planet and the toxins now in everyone are not causing just autism but they are contributing to every degenerative condition. Yes, the vaccines are bad, and YES we predispose us to the bad outcome by the nutrient deficiencies, including Omega 3 oil, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Iodine, the correct methylated form of folic acid and marginal levels of B12.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Link: http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/08/us-senate-hearing-on-autism-its-the-environment-not-the-gene-pool.html

Excerpt:

August 06, 2010
US Senate Hearing on Autism: It’s The Environment Not The Gene Pool

“We should also look back to the history of drug regulation.  It took the Thalidomide epidemic for us to take action.  Perhaps autism is the equivalent for environmental chemicals.” 

By Anne Dachel
We woke up to a different world on Tuesday, August 3, 2010.  With barely any notice, the autism community heard that the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children’s Health would be holding a hearing entitled, “State of Research on Potential Environmental Health Factors with Autism and Related Neurodevelopment Disorders.” 

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As someone who follows autism in the news, this was a shock.  I’m used to stories like the recent series published on the Psychology Today blog by Dr. James Coplan.  He couldn’t make it any clearer.  Autism is something that has always been around–we’ve just expanded the definition and doctors are better at recognizing it.  The numbers haven’t increased.  

We’re all so used to hearing about the genetics of autism.  The explosion in autism is a mystery and no one seems in too big a hurry to solve it.  We’re told we just need more autism awareness and we’ve been conditioned to accept the reality of one percent of children being on the spectrum.  

So today was different.  Members of the U.S. Senate would be hearing about how the environment is linked to autism. 

Full article: Central Figure in CDC Vaccine Cover-Up Absconds With $2M

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A central figure behind the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism and other neurological disorders has disappeared after officials discovered massive fraud involving the theft of millions in taxpayer dollars. Danish police are investigating Dr. Poul Thorsen, who has vanished along with almost $2 million that he had supposedly spent on research.

Thorsen was a leading member of a Danish research group that wrote several key studies supporting CDC’s claims that the MMR vaccine and mercury-laden vaccines were safe for children. Thorsen’s 2003 Danish study reported a 20-fold increase in autism in Denmark after that country banned mercury based preservatives in its vaccines. His study concluded that mercury could therefore not be the culprit behind the autism epidemic.

His study has long been criticized as fraudulent since it failed to disclose that the increase was an artifact of new mandates requiring, for the first time, that autism cases be reported on the national registry. This new law and the opening of a clinic dedicated to autism treatment in Copenhagen accounted for the sudden rise in reported cases rather than, as Thorsen seemed to suggest, the removal of mercury from vaccines. Despite this obvious chicanery, CDC has long touted the study as the principal proof that mercury-laced vaccines are safe for infants and young children. Mainstream media, particularly the New York Times, has relied on this study as the basis for its public assurances that it is safe to inject young children with mercury — a potent neurotoxin — at concentrations hundreds of times over the U.S. safety limits.

Here is a short term study on the use of medication in autism. They admit that all the side effects would not have been fully manifest in this short study and many would probably be on the medication for long time.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Full article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/716534?src=mp&spon=17&uac=81207PR

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MedWire News: Bipolar disorder is the most prevalent comorbid psychiatric condition found in young patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a Japanese study has found.
This finding goes against previous research showing that depression is the main psychiatric disorder in ASD, but the team from Kanazawa University Hospital says clinicians may be overlooking manic symptoms in depressed ASD patients.

“As individuals with ASD have limited verbal communication abilities and inappropriate facial expressions, it remains uncertain whether they are verbalizing their inner experiences, such as sadness or inflated self-esteem,” say T Munesue and colleagues in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The researchers also speculate that ASD and bipolar disorder may share common etiological factors, possibly through genetic pleiotrophism.
Munesue et al evaluated 44 patients with ASD aged 12 years or older who had an intelligence quotient of 70 or higher on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Patients were either referred for evaluation of ASD or sought care for psychological complaints, such as school refusal, self-injury, violence, or occupational maladaptation, but were later diagnosed as having ASD.

Dear Cara,
I’m so sorry about your child.  Aspartame does trigger birth defects 
and especially autism.  In fact, aspartame is not an additive at all 
but a deadly addictive excitoneurotoxic, carcinogenic, genetically 
engineered drug and adjuvant.  An adjuvant is an immune 
stimulator.  The squalene in the Anthrax vaccine that caused so many 
of the troops to have ALS is an adjuvant.  ALS is also caused by 
aspartame:  http://www.wnho.net/aspartameandgulfwar.htm  So its a 
double whammy so to speak.  Adjuvants all cause the same thing, MS, 
lupus, ALS, autism, etc.  Now to make it even worse aspartame damages 
the mitochondria which is the powerhouse of the cell and interacts 
with drugs and vaccines.  Splenda is a chlorocarbon 
poison.  http://www.wnho.net/splenda_chlorocarbon.htm

Dr. Jim Harrison just did a graph showing autism skyrocketing when 
aspartame was approved.  In fact, I used your case  without your 
name.  http://www.mpwhi.com/autism_chart.htm   Here is a new study 
which showed aspartame jumps premature birth up to 
78%:  http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_jumps_premature_births.htm  Of 
course, the front groups are fighting the evidence: 
http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_mob_figts_evidence.htm

You actually figured it out for yourself, but now you need help with 
your baby.  I do know somebody who can help you.  Contact Dr. Spice 
Crosby:  spicewc@earthlink.net  In my opinion if there is one person 
in this country who can help you, it would be Spice.  She worked with 
one case where the autism was even cured.

Here is the Aspartame Warning Flyer you can send to others to warm 
them not to make the same mistake and remember that Ajinomoto has 
just changed the name to AminoSweet so be 
warned.   http://www.mpwhi.com/warning_flyer_on_aspartame.htm

Below my signature you will find the Aspartame Resource Guide which 
has detox, the aspawrtame documentary, medical texts and a safe 
sweetener, Just Like Sugar.

All my best,
Betty

Helpful Links:

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com, www.wnho.net
Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
Aspartame Information List, www.mpwhi.com  scroll down to banners

  Aspartame Resource Guide Continued

Probiotics are rapidly becoming essential for life if we want to enjoy optimal health. This may be related to the excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture, but whatever the reasons are, this 16 page attachment may provide you with the science on this soon to be essential nutritional supplement.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Full article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/719654?sssdmh=dm1.625756&src=journalnl&uac=81207PR

Excerpt:

Probiotics are rapidly becoming essential for life if we want to enjoy optimal health. This may be related to the excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture, but whatever the reasons are, this 16 page attachment may provide you with the science on this soon to be essential nutritional supplement.

This IS A MUST for any patients with autoimmune or allergy related issues, including acne, autism, asthma, Auto immune disease and even cancer and, of course, all GI related issues. Use probiotics whenever there could be food sensitivities present. We can expect to see better results when we recommend a proven effective and stable probiotic.

However, whether you are using Kyodophilus, which Longevity Plus is carrying, as it is stable without refrigeration, or some other Probiotic, the need to facilitate their benefits by lowering the number of pathogens or unhealthy flora is very important.

I like the PREBIOTIC function of Beyond Fiber because it is not just the perfect combination of soluble with insoluble fiber but because it has stabilized rice bran, one of the most nutrient dense foods and that helps eliminate toxins but it also includes a special artichoke component from Germany that helps sustain friendly flora so well that over 2 months or so, Candida has been shown to significantly regress.

Please when maximizing probiotic benefits also consider the proven benefits of zeolite and silver, as available in what is called Total Body Detox, the two bottle package from Longevity Plus. The silver is needed because in many patients, the overgrowth of unhealthy flora is preventing implantation of friendly flora, so they need to be eliminated. Silver does that while the ACZ (Zeolite) component of Total Body Detox concurrently acts to neutralize many toxins, organic and inorganic. This permits restoration of a healthier gut flora and even improves immune functioning since the gut associated lymphoid tissue is
dramatically benefitted with this combined  probiotics/detox approach.

Linda’s comment:   Dear Doctors, colleagues, friends and family……  

SAN ANTONIO (April 24, 2008)—How do mercury emissions affect pregnant mothers, the unborn and toddlers? Do the level of emissions impact autism rates? Does it matter whether a mercury-emitting source is 10 miles away from families versus 20 miles? Is the risk of autism greater for children who live closer to the pollution source?

A newly published study of Texas school district data and industrial mercury-release data, conducted by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, indeed shows a statistically significant link between pounds of industrial release of mercury and increased autism rates. It also shows—for the first time in scientific literature—a statistically significant association between autism risk and distance from the mercury source.

“This is not a definitive study, but just one more that furthers the association between environmental mercury and autism,” said lead author Raymond F. Palmer, Ph.D., associate professor of family and community medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The article is in the journal Health & Place.

Dr. Palmer, Stephen Blanchard, Ph.D., of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio and Robert Wood of the UT Health Science Center found that community autism prevalence is reduced by 1 percent to 2 percent with each 10 miles of distance from the pollution source.

Dr. Gordon’s comments:

LEAD is again being recognized for the persistent danger it represents.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/health/09lead.html?scp=1&sq=lead%20and%20EPA&st=cse

Excrept:

After almost two decades of delays, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was on track to implement a regulation requiring the construction industry to help prevent cases of lead poisoning among children.
The agency said it expected more than 125,000 renovation and remodeling contractors to be trained and certified in lead-safe work practices by April 22, when the new regulation takes effect.

Under the rule, workers would have to take steps like containing their work area with plastic and conducting a thorough cleanup of lead paint dust stirred up during construction activity, which federal officials say is partly to blame for about 120,000 cases of elevated lead levels in children younger than 6 each year. Congress passed legislation in 1992 directing the E.P.A. to propose the regulation, but the agency did not finish the rule until 2008, after environmental and public interest groups filed a lawsuit to pressure the agency to issue it.  Some environmental groups are now pushing to make the rule tougher, while builders are warning their clients that it will inevitably increase construction costs. The rule applies to work performed in homes and buildings occupied by children, including schools and day care centers built before lead paint was banned in 1978.  E.P.A. officials said on Thursday that with a housing stock of about 38 million units that are potentially affected by the rule, they expect it to produce results. 

Full article: http://journals.lww.com/co-pediatrics/Abstract/2010/04000/What_causes_autism__Exploring_the_environmental.17.aspx

Excerpt:

 Purpose of review: Autism is a biologically based disorder of brain development. Genetic factors – mutations, deletions, and copy number variants – are clearly implicated in causation of autism. However, they account for only a small fraction of cases, and do not easily explain key clinical and epidemiological features. This suggests that early environmental exposures also contribute. This review explores this hypothesis.
Recent findings: Indirect evidence for an environmental contribution to autism comes from studies demonstrating the sensitivity of the developing brain to external exposures such as lead, ethyl alcohol and methyl mercury. But the most powerful proof-of-concept evidence derives from studies specifically linking autism to exposures in early pregnancy – thalidomide, misoprostol, and valproic acid; maternal rubella infection; and the organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos. There is no credible evidence that vaccines cause autism.