http://olpa.od.nih.gov/OLPAReports/042601AutismII.htm
Rep. Burton, Chairman:
Autism is a neurobiological disorder. It locks a person inside himself or herself. This disorder, which leaves children, like my grandson Christian, unable to express themselves or interact with others, is now at epidemic levels in this country. And I mean epidemic. 1 in 400 children in Indiana, 1 in 190 children in Oregon, 1 in 150 children in Brick Township, NJ. How has the department of health and human services responded to this epidemic? Have our health agencies recognized this dramatic rise and acted accordingly?
*******If we generously estimate that NIH has focused $60 million on autism, and that is generous, autism research out of a $20 billion budget, that would mean that their investment is .003 -- 3 thousanths of one percent. ***********
Does that adequately address an epidemic that affects between 1 in 190 children in Oregon and 1 in 500 children nationwide? I'm including in the record a document taken from the NIH website this morning that shows research initiatives at the NIH in their funding for a three-year period.
According to this document, NIH estimates they will spend $45 million this year on autism (technical difficulty) sleep disorders and $434 million on vaccine development, which could be part of the problem. Especially if it's got mercury in it. Two of the issues that were discussed at length yesterday were the concerns of the dramatic rise in autism may be related to the MMR vaccine and mercury exposure through childhood vaccines.
***********We do not yet have enough research evidence to make a conclusion one way or the other.**********
{AND THAT IS WHY THEY WILL NOT SPEND ON PROPER CAUSATION RESEARCH, BECAUSE IT WILL JEOPARDISE THE CASH COW THAT IS VACCINE KICKBACK}
Our health agencies need to fund clinical and laboratory research that will get the answers. As we learned yesterday, epidemiological studies cannot answer these questions. Epidemiology is important for looking at incidence and prevalence, but not in answering questions about causality.
I have a short video showing the effects of mercury on the brain. I think that simply saying we're moving to get new vaccines on the market that have little or no mercury is a step in the right direction, but I continue to be concerned on behalf of the 8,000 children a day who may be exposed to mercury through their childhood vaccines until the current supply is used up.
*************And why that isn't being recalled by the health agencies in this country, the FDA, I cannot fathom.************* {BECAUSE IF THEY RECALL IT, IT WILL TRIGGER A FLOOD OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE FEDS THE LIKES OF WHICH THE WORLD WILL NEVER COMPREHEND. NOT ONLY WILL THE BUDGET BE BANKRUPTED PAYING FOR DAMAGES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE CRIMINALS IN THE REGULATORY AGENCIES IT WILL EXPOSE THEM FOR THEIR CRIMES, AND LEAVE THEM OPEN TO PERSONAL LIABILITY, BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL.}
As we speak, kids are having mercury shot into their arms, and we know it is a toxic substance. We had toxicology experts here yesterday talking about what it does to the brain, and we're going to show a video on what it does to the brain. And yet the people in the health agencies continue to allow that to be done. And I cannot figure out why. Yesterday we also heard about research at the NIH's funding at the University of Rochester regarding mercury in autistic children. We'll hear today how research is to evaluate the level of mercury in the serum, the hair and the urine of children receiving the currently recommended childhood immunization schedule. I hope the reports will include the hair and urine data as Dr. Haley, a leading mercury expert, suggested. Simply reporting the blood data will be misleading. To only report the blood data and not analyze and report the hair and urine samples would be an injustice. We need to look at it all. And I want to tell you something.
**********We have 113 members of Congress that have signed up for the autism caucus. We are going to end up with about 270 to 280. And we're probably going to have over half of the United States Senate in the caucus. ********** {WE ARE COMING FOR YOU BUTCHERS, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO HIDE. SETTLE YOUR AFFAIRS AND MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR GOD, FOR WE ARE COMING FOR YOU...}
And if you think this is going to go away, you guys are blowing smoke.
Because I am telling you, I am going to make sure that everybody in the Congress knows the problems and knows what is facing us. And if the health agencies don't deal with this and deal with it quickly, you're going to have a big problem over there. And I have also talked to Tommy Thompson, the new head of the health department, and he is going to continue to be talked to on a regular basis if we don't do something about this.
***********It is unconscionable that we have thousands and thousands of children being inoculated and vaccinated with vaccines that have toxic substances in them, and we see a horrible increase in the number of people that are autistic, and we continue down the same path.***********
I just don't understand it. Last year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that they did not know why so many children in Brick Township, New Jersey had autism.
********They conducted a thorough evaluation of environmental toxins and numerous other potential factors, but chose not to include vaccine history as a part of their valuation and report. Why is this?******** {BECAUSE THEY CANNOT RISK EXPOSING THE TRUTH.}
I believe vaccines are so important, but why they put 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 together at one time with mercury and other toxic chemicals in them into our kids, I just don't understand. We have an epidemic on our hands that we cannot ignore any potential path that may lead to any the epidemic.
And with that we have this brief video that we would like for you to see, that shows the effects of mercury on the brain. And I hope you will pay particular attention to this. (video) How mercury causes brain neuron degeneration.
**********Mercury has long been known to be a potent neurotoxic substance, whether it is inhaled or consumed in the diet as a food contaminant.*********
Over the past fifteen years medical research laboratories have established that dental amalgum (phonetic) tooth fillings are a major contributor to mercury body burden.
**********In 1997, a team of research scientists demonstrated that mercury vapor inhalation by animals produced a molecular lesion in brain protein metabolism which was similar to a lesion seen in 80 percent of Alzheimer diseased brains.********** {GENETICS MY ASS!}
*********Recently completed experiments by scientists at the University of Calgary's faculty of medicine now reveal with direct visual evidence from brain nuron tissue cultures how mercury ions actually alter the cell membrane structure of developing neurons.********* {THE BRAIN DOES NOT COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT WHILE THE FOETUS IS STILL IN UTERO, IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOPE AND GROW UNTIL THE CHILD IS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD, SO DAMAGE TO IT CAN BE GEOMETRICALLY HIGHER EVEN AS A TODDLER THAN IT IS FOR AN ADULT.}
To better understand mercury's effect on the brain, let us first illustrate what brain neurons look like an how they grow. In this animation we see three brain neurons growing in a tissue culture, each with a central cell body and numerous nurite processes. At the end of the end each nurite is a growth cone where structural proteins are assembled to form the cell membrane. Two principal proteins involved in growth cone function are actin (phonetic), which is responsible for the pulsating motion seen here, and tubulon (phonetic), a major structural component of the nurite membrane. During normal cell growth, tubulin molecules link together end to end to form micro tubules, which surround neuro fibroles (phonetic), another structural protein component of the neuronal axon (phonetic). Shown here is the nurite of the live neuron isolated from snail brain tissue, displaying linear growth due to growth cone activity.
It is important to note that growth cones in all animal species, ranging from snails to humans, have identical structural and behavioral characteristics and use proteins of virtually identical composition. In this experiment, neurons also isolated from snail brain tissue were grown in culture for several days. After which, very low concentrations of mercury were added to the culture medium for 20 minutes.
*********Over the next 30 minutes, the nurite membrane underwent rapid degeneration, leaving behind a denuded neurofibrole seen here.*********
**********In contrast other heavy metals added to this same concentration, such as aluminum, lead, cadmium and manganese, did not produce this effect.********* (TOXINS DO NOT HAVE IDENTICAL EFFECTS ON THE BODY ANY MORE THAN ALL VIRUSES PRODUCE THE SAME SICKNESS. IT IS NOT COINCIDENCE THAT THE SYMPTOMS FOR MERCURY POISONING, PINK DISEASE AND AUTISM ALL HAVE VERY STRONG PARALLELS.}
To understand how mercury causes this degeneration, let us return to our illustration. As mentioned, (technical difficulty) during normal cell growth to form the microtubules which support the nurite structure. When mercury ions are introduced into the culture medium, they infiltrate the cell and bind themselves to newly synthesized tubulin molecules.
*********More specifically, the mercury ions attach themselves to the binding site reserved for guanicine (phonetic) tryphosphate (phonetic), or GTP, on the beta subunit of the affected tubulin molecules. Since bound GTP normally provides the energy which allows tubulin molecules to attach to one another, mercury ions bound to these sites prevent tubulin proteins from linking together. Consequently, the nurites microtubules begin to dissasemble into free molecules leaving the nurite stripped of its supporting structure. Ultimately, both the developing nurite and its growth cone collapse, and some denuded neurofibroles form aggregates, or tangles, as depicted here.********* {SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD TO ME, HOW ABOUT YOU MARY?}
Shown here is a nurite growth stain specifically for tubulin and actin before and after mercury exposure. Note that the mercury has caused disintegration of tubulin microtubule structure. These new findings reveal important visual evidence as to how mercury causes neurodegeneration.
*********More importantly, this study provides the first direct evidence that low-level mercury exposure is indeed a precipitating factor that can initiate this neurodegenerative process within the brain.*********
That was made -- I think that test was done in June of 1999, almost two years ago. And I don't know if our health agencies are aware it, but in your comments today I hope you will address whether or not you are familiar with that study and whether or not (technical difficulty) taken an interest in that and can respond to it.
