exploding autism epidemic tied to greed of pharma. companies

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/hanchette165.html


Here's an update on a topic featured in this space before: the alarming exponential increase in young children with autism. You may have missed it, but late in June both houses of the New York State Legislature passed an act that, beginning in mid-2008, would prohibit further sale or use of the mercury compound thimerosal in vaccines for children younger than 3, and for inoculating pregnant women. The office of Gov. George Pataki has said he's still pondering whether to sign the legislation into law.

If he does, it would make New York the fourth state to establish such a law -- California, Iowa and Missouri are the others. Similar legislation -- most of it with quicker effective dates -- has been introduced in Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Tennessee and Rhode Island. A federal bill to ban thimerosal from all childhood vaccines in the United States is sponsored by Rep. David Weldon, a Florida Republican who is also a physician. He says in the 1990s a baby who got all the recommended shots could be exposed to mercury levels significantly higher than those considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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so what is Pataki waiting for? waiting for the pharma companies to put more money in his pocket so he could veto?

One of those issues where my rage -- and Goddess, doesn't there seem to be a lot of that these days? -- just wants to come spilling out. Some days I feel absolutely murderous. Some days it feels my head will explode from all the pent-up rage wanting out.

It's pretty wearying at times.

The thing is, this is just ONE crime against humanity from these people. One of the worst, it's true, but still just one.