Evidence of Harm by David Kirby
David Kirby’s book, Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy looks at the role mercury plays in autism (see Mercury & Autism; Ethyl Mercury Versus Methyl Mercury). There is an extensive and well written review of it on Spiked-Online by Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, author of MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know.
“I fear that his misguided endorsement of the anti-mercury cause can only compound the damage that this campaign has already done, both to families affected by autism and, by undermining public confidence in the childhood immunisation programme, to the welfare of children in general.
Kirby, a freelance journalist in New York, presents this ‘medical controversy’ as a confrontation between two camps. On the one side are heroic, suffering, struggling parents and their courageous supporters; on the other are cold, scheming, faceless bureaucrats of the medical establishment, big pharma and big government. Kirby’s character sketches leave readers in no doubt about his allegiances.”
Find Out More:
Books:
- Reading David: A Mother and Son’s Journey Through the Labyrinth of Dyslexia
- The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister’s Memoir of Autism in the Family
- Siblings of Children With Autism: A Guide for Familes (Topics in Autism)
- A Picture’s Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism (Topics in Autism)
- I Am Utterly Unique: Celebrating the Strengths of Children with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
June 4th, 2005
Autism, Autism and Mercury, Books


Comments on: Evidence of Harm by David Kirby
Biased to be sure, as David Kirby himself states in the opening pages of his book. Then again, as he also states, NOT A SINGLE OFFICIAL agreed to be interviewed, in order to present their side.
WHY ARE AUTISM RATES NOW DROPPING, COINCIDING WITH THE REMOVAL OF THIMERISOL FROM VACCINES?
Posted by: suzanne December 21st, 2005 at 3:09 am
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