ReviewBioMed research international2014
Methodological issues and evidence of malfeasance in research purporting to show thimerosal in vaccines is safe.
Review in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- A case-control study evaluating the relationship between thimerosal-containing haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine administration and the risk for a pervasive developmental disorder diagnosis in the United States.Biological trace element research · 2015Trial
- The Neuroimmunology of Autism.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Quantitative Investigation on Exposure to Potentially Harmful Excipients by Injection Drug Administration in Children Under 2 Years of Age and Analysis of Association with Adverse Events: A Single-Center, Retrospective Observational Study.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2024Observational
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- Mercury-associated diagnoses among children diagnosed with pervasive development disorders.Metabolic brain disease · 2018Article
- The Putative Role of Environmental Mercury in the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Subtypes.Molecular neurobiology · 2018Review
- A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Infant Hepatitis B Vaccine Exposure in Boys and the Risk of Adverse Effects as Measured by Receipt of Special Education Services.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- The Metal Neurotoxins: An Important Role in Current Human Neural Epidemics?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Review
- A Two-Phase Case-Control Study of Autism Risk Among Children Born From the Late 1990s Through the Early 2000s in the United States.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016Article
- Effects of Thimerosal on Lipid Bilayers and Human Erythrocytes: An In Vitro Study.The Journal of membrane biology · 2016Article
- A longitudinal cohort study of the relationship between Thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccination and specific delays in development in the United States: Assessment of attributable risk and lifetime care costs.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2016Article
- The extent of mercury (Hg) exposure among Saudi mothers and their respective infants.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2015Article
- Exposure to mercury and aluminum in early life: developmental vulnerability as a modifying factor in neurologic and immunologic effects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Review
- A dose-response relationship between organic mercury exposure from thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Abnormal Brain Connectivity Spectrum Disorders Following Thimerosal Administration: A Prospective Longitudinal Case-Control Assessment of Medical Records in the Vaccine Safety Datalink.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyArticle
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
There are over 165 studies that have focused on Thimerosal, an organic-mercury (Hg) based compound, used as a preservative in many childhood vaccines, and found it to be harmful. Of these, 16 were conducted to specifically examine the effects of Thimerosal on human infants or children with reported outcomes of death; acrodynia; poisoning; allergic reaction; malformations; auto-immune reaction; Well's syndrome; developmental delay; and neurodevelopmental disorders, including tics, speech delay, language delay, attention deficit disorder, and autism. In contrast, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that Thimerosal is safe and there is "no relationship between [T]himerosal[-]containing vaccines and autism rates in children." This is puzzling because, in a study conducted directly by CDC epidemiologists, a 7.6-fold increased risk of autism from exposure to Thimerosal during infancy was found. The CDC's current stance that Thimerosal is safe and that there is no relationship between Thimerosal and autism is based on six specific published epidemiological studies coauthored and sponsored by the CDC. The purpose of this review is to examine these six publications and analyze possible reasons why their published outcomes are so different from the results of investigations by multiple independent research groups over the past 75+ years.
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