Hoping someone can help me. I loaned out my last copy of EOH (until
June 8). I assume there may have been some analysis of this topic
in there. Basically, I have been trying to shed some light to a
large group of unenlightened people about thimerosal. Here's what I
am trying to clean up for now:

MMR/Autism Study Retracted
> A controversial 1998 study published in The Lancet implied that
the
> MMR vaccine might be a cause of autism. This sparked deep
suspicion of
> the vaccine and prompted a great deal of new research involving
> hundreds of thousands of children (that has been unable to find
any
> such connection). The original study included only a dozen
children,
> and was based partly on parents' reports. In 2004, serious
allegations
> were raised against this original paper, asserting that the dozen
> children selected in the study were not randomly chosen as
described
> in the paper, but included children involved in a legal action
> claiming vaccine injury. Perhaps the parents' reports were biased -

> but either way, the possible conflict of interest was not
disclosed.
> Nor was the money received by the lead investigator for helping to
> prepare the legal action. The Lancet has investigated these claims
and
> issued a partial retraction of the original paper in the March 6,
2004
> issue. Ten of the original 13 authors of the paper have retracted
the
> paper's conclusions. I'm in favor of publishing controversial
ideas
> and studies, to provoke discussion and research. But it's
important
> for the readers to have access to possible financial motives that
may
> introduce bias into the discussion.


Can someone help me to squash this like a bug. I have a wedding to
go to in a few hours and I don't have time to find something
quick... Anyone? Sorry for the OT.

-Sue
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