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Mike Frandsen of the DC Examiner Interviews SafeMinds' Board Member Lyn Redwood Autism advocate Lyn Redwood discusses mercury vaccine controversy,
chelation, treatment and recovery
 Autism is a treatable biochemical medical condition rather than an
incurable psychological disorder, says Lyn Redwood, whose son recovered
from autism after having mercury removed from his body. Redwood's son
Will is one of a growing number of children
who have recovered from autism or made excellent progress from
behavioral therapies and/or biomedical treatments. Read full interview.
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SafeMinds Board Member Katie Wright Speaks out on Frontline: The Vaccine Wars
 Reprinted from Age of Autism
If you watched "Frontline: The Vaccine Wars" you probably learned:
1) Unregulated free speech is dangerous, especially the internet
which is a major cause of the autism epidemic
2) Parents have
access to way too much information
3) Pediatricians, not
children, are the real victims of this phony epidemic
4) Parents
who do not vaccinate are selfish, naïve and are putting the health of
the entire Unites States of America, and possibly the world, at risk.
5) Pandemics
are always a plane ride away, so don't get on that plane!
Read Katie's full article.
Other Age of Autism Article's on the show:
Frontline's Complete Interview with Generation Rescue's Jenny McCarthy
Frontline Interview with Dr. Bob Sears
Frontline's Complete Interview with Generation Rescue's J.B. Handley
Jenny McCarthy Fires Back at Frontline for Hatchet Job Journalism
HuffPo: Dr. Jay Gordon Responds to Frontline Vaccine War Editing
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EPA Study: Autism Boom Began in
1988, Environmental Factors Are Assumed
By David Kirby - Reprinted from Huffington Post
 If it seems like most of the people you know with autism are 22 or
younger, that's because most people diagnosed with autism were born
after 1987. A recent US EPA study has found a distinct
"changepoint" year - or spike - in autism in California and elsewhere
and concludes that it would be "prudent to assume that at least some
portion of this increase is real and results from environmental
factors."
"In the Danish, California, and worldwide data sets, we found that an
increase in autism disorder cumulative incidence began about (the birth
cohort years) 1988-1989," wrote the authors Michael E. Mc Donald and
John F. Paul, of the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory.
"Although the debate about the nature of increasing autism
continues," they added, "the potential for this increase to be real and
involve exogenous (external) environmental stressors exists." Read more.
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New Lead Safety Rules for Contractors
Contractors who will be working in homes built before 1978
must now comply with new EPA regulations regarding lead abatement. All projects, except those you do yourself,
must comply with the new rules for containment and clean-up. Even if you do- it- yourself, we strongly
recommend taking the same measures to protect your family's health. The
guidelines are available on the EPA link below.
Consumers should also be aware that, prior to 1991, mercury
was commonly used in latex paints as a fungicide. Labeling was not required and the limit for
exterior house paint (2000ppm) was higher than the limit for interior house
paints (300ppm). At least one case of acrodynia
(mercury poisoning) was reported in a 4 year-old boy from breathing in the
vapors in his freshly painted house (in 1989). We recommend not using latex paint manufactured before 1991 on any
interior surface
For details from the EPA, go here:
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
For a news article on this change, go here:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100419/BIZ01/4170360/New%20lead%20rules%20loom
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SafeMinds Recommends:
The Autism Book: What Every Parent
Needs to Know
 The Autism Book: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Early
Detection, Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (Sears Parenting Library)
By Robert Sears
Purchase now from our Amazon store and a portion of the proceeds from your purchase will be donated back to SafeMinds.
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Update on E-Waste Recycling
The Basel Action Network is launching a new program called
E-Stewards to help consumers ensure that their e-waste is being properly
disposed of. Consumers can look for
companies that use the E-Stewards logo. The new program will compete with the R2 program, developed by
manufacturers with the help of the EPA, which is less stringent in its
standards of disposal.
For more
details, go here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/business/energy-environment/15ewaste.html
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Mercury and Cadmium in Toy Jewelry
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued
consumer warnings about mercury-contain ing children's jewelry (pendants). Coming on the heels of reports of cadmium
replacing lead in other children's jewelry, it is important that parents keep
an eye on their children's toys.
For the
Idaho story, go here:
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/90410974.html
For the cadmium story, go here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wirestory?id=10074385&page=2
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