National Autism Association announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and some pharmaceutical companies have become a target for investigation.
The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is said to receive hundreds of letters from concerned citizens regarding exposures to the neurotoxic chemical Thimerosal, a preservative used in high doses to keep multi-dose childhood vaccines and some pregnancy injections from "spoiling." Thimerosal, a drug-company trade name, contains mercury, which is the second most toxic substance on earth.
In their request to the OSC, citizens state that the national vaccination program continues to be compromised by CDC's egregious conflicts of interest and failure to objectively evaluate cumulative mercury exposures through infant immunizations. Since the late 90's, when government agencies discovered high doses of mercury were being used, the FDA neglected to recall products containing the neurotoxin, despite objections from clinical researchers, physicians, and parents.
The OSC is also being asked to investigate a private meeting held in mid-2000 where over 40 doctors, among CDC and other health professionals, acknowledged a statistical correlation between mercury exposure through pediatric vaccines and neurological disorders in children including autism, ADHD, stuttering, tics and speech and language delays.
Evidence of collusion is recorded in the transcripts of the private meeting known as "The Simpsonwood Transcripts," accessed by an advocacy group through the Freedom of Information Act. Lisa Sykes of Richmond, VA, and fellow parent Kelli Ann Davis of Fayetteville, NC, launched the OSC mass-mailing.